SWEET See also:

• POTATO
• POTATO (Solanum tuberosum)

POTATO  . This plant, known botanically as Ipomaea batatas (formerly as Convolvulus batatas), and a member of the natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order See also:

• CONVOLVULACEAE

Convolvulaceae, is generally cultivated in most tropical countries for the See also:

• SAKE

sake of its tuberous See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root, which is an See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article of See also:

• DIET

diet greatly in See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request . It is a climbing perennial with entire or palmately-lobed leaves very variable in shape See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne on slender See also:

• TWINING, THOMAS (1735-1804)

twining stems . The See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers are borne on See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long stalks in loose clusters or cymes, and have a See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white or rosy See also:

• FUNNEL (through an O. Fr. founil, found in Breton, from Lat. infundibulum, that through which anything is poured, from fundere, to pour)

funnel-shaped corolla like that of the See also:

• COMMON

common bindweed of See also:

• ENGLISH

English hedges . The edible portion is the root, which dilates into large See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

club-shaped masses filled with See also:

• STARCH

starch . It is See also:

• ILL

ill suited to the See also:

• CLIMATE

climate of the See also:

• UNITED

United See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom, but in tropical countries it is as valuable as the See also:

• POTATO
• POTATO (Solanum tuberosum)

potato is in higher latitudes . The plant is not known in a truly See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, nor has its origin been ascertained . A. de See also:

• CANDOLLE, AUGUSTIN PYRAME DE (1778—1841)

Candolle concludes that it is in all See also:

• PROBABILITY (Lat. probabilis, probable or credible)

probability of See also:

• AMERICAN

American origin, where it has been cultivated from pre-historic times by the See also:

• ABORIGINES

aborigines . It is mentioned by See also:

• GERARD (c. 1040-1120)
• GERARD (d. I1o8)
• GERARD, ETIENNE MAURICE, COUNT (1773–1852)
• GERARD, FRANCOIS, BARON (1770-1837)
• GERARD, JEAN IGNACE ISIDORE (1803-1847)
• GERARD, JOHN (1545-1612)
• GERARD, or GIRARD, AUDRAN

Gerard as the " potato," or " potatus " or " potades," in contra-distinction to the " potatoes " of See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia (Solanum tuberosum) . He See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew it in his See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden, but the climate was not warm enough to allow it to See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

flower, and in See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter it perished and rotted . But as the appellation " common " is applied to them the roots must have been introduced commonly, Gerard tells us he bought those that he planted at " the See also:

• EXCHANGE

Exchange in See also:

• LONDON

London," and he gives an interesting See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the uses to which they were put, the manner in which they were prepared as " sweetmeats," and the invigorating properties assigned to them . The allusions in the Merry Wives of See also:

• WINDSOR
• WINDSOR (properly NEw WINDSOR)

Windsor and other of See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare's plays in all probability refer to this plant, and not to what we now See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call the " potato." The See also:

• PLANTS

plants require a warm sunny climate, long See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season, and a liberal See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of See also:

• WATER

water during the growing season .

For an account of the cultivation in See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICA

America, where large quantities are grown in the See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern states, see L . H . See also:

• BAILEY (said to be a corruption of Ballium by some, and derived by others from the Fr. baille, a corruption of bataille, because there the soldiers were drilled in battle array)
• BAILEY, NATHAN
• BAILEY, PHILIP JAMES (1816-1902)
• BAILEY, SAMUEL (1791-1870)

Bailey, Cyclopaedia of American See also:

• HORTICULTURE
• HORTICULTURE (Lat. hortus, a garden)

Horticulture (1902) . See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• WATT, JAMES (1736-1819)

Watt, See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary of the Economic Products of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India (189o), gives an account of its cultivation in India, where some confusion has arisen by the use of the name batatas for the See also:

• YAM

yam (q.v.); the author suggests that the introduction of the sweet potato into India is comparatively See also:

• RECENT

recent . SWEET-SOP, or See also:

• SUGAR

Sugar See also:

• APPLE (a common Teut. word, A.S. aepl, aeppel, O.H.G. aphul, aphal, apfal, mod. Ger. Apfel)

Apple, botanical name Anona squamosa, a small See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree or See also:

• SHRUB

shrub with thin oblong-ovate leaves, solitary greenish flowers and a yellowish-See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit, like a shortened See also:

• PINE (Lat. Pinus, Gr. srlrur)

pine See also:

• CONE (Gr. Kwvos)

cone in shape with a tubercle corresponding to each of the carpels from the See also:

• AGGREGATION (from the Lat. ad, to, gregare, to collect together)

aggregation of which it has been formed . The fruit is 3 to 4 in. in See also:

• DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter and contains a sweet creamy-yellow custard-like pulp . It is a native of the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies and tropical America; it is much prized as a fruit, and has been widely introduced into the eastern hemisphere . Another See also:

• SPECIES

species, A. muricala, is the sour-sop, a small ever-green tree bearing a larger dark-green fruit, 6 to 8 in. long and r to 5 lb in See also:

• WEIGHT

weight, oblong or bluntly conical in shape, with a rough spiny skin and containing a soft white juicy sub-See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid pulp with a flavour of See also:

• TURPENTINE (in M. Eng. turbentine, adapted through the O. Fr. turbentine or terebentine from Lat. terebinthina, sc. resina, resin of the terebinth, Gr. eepiOtvOos or eippavOos)

turpentine . It is a popular fruit in the West Indies, where it is native, and is grown with See also:

• SPECIAL

special excellence in See also:

• PORTO

Porto Rico . A drink is made from the juice . A. reticulata is the custard apple (q.v.) and A. palustris the See also:

• ALLIGATOR (Spanish el lagarto, " the lizard ")

alligator apple .