| Show RISE OF THE POTATO except in ireland the general us uso 0 o of tile the potato covers a ported period ot or loss lose than years in ireland tile the pota potato to became a staple article of 0 diet bebout a century earlier and from this fact arises the me name irish potato although its orlin orl in a appears to have been in peru whore where the natives havo have oaten eaten it front doai time homem immo murial arial froni from peru the potato was thirst carried to by early ot of tile the now new world and aad thence into italy but it was waa merely looked upon as 03 a curiosity and na as such buch waa vms soen seen in the gardens gardena of nt bil tope topa for two centuries or moro mora before its adoption tor for tood food purposes be oame gen orsil t sir walter raleigh la Is sold said to have beon been the tha forst to cultivate the potato in ireland in debout 1592 at first it was used for feeding hogs but little by little experiments were made to demonstrate that it was not harmful to human beings so eo that it very gradually came into use usa for or food particularly ticul arly during periods ot of famine it was waa not until about 1750 thra thea the potato gained a permanent foothold in england and on the continent 0 cit europe and it was cultivated but tittle little in iff america before that time the spread ot of culture was greatly accelerated by the scarcity of 0 food following the napoleonic wars in the eyrly part of df the nineteenth century since elace which time its use has steadily increased |
