The biography of potatoes

Titre
The biography of potatoes

Ellen. Rodger

Sommaire
Presents an illustrated history of the potato, various varieties of potatoes, how they grow, and the effects of the Irish potato famine in 1845.

Potatoes

Date de publication comme intervalle
2007

How did that get here?

Description matérielle
32 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 29 cm.

Note générale
Includes index.

Table des matières
A historic vegetable -- A home worldwide -- How potatoes grow -- Ancient potatoes -- The potato spreads -- The potato and Ireland -- The great hunger -- Back to the New World -- Diseases and threats -- From tubers to fries -- The potato's future.

Informations sur le programme
Accelerated Reader MG 7.3 1.0 114902

Terme de vedette-matière
Potatoes.

Résumé
Presents an illustrated history of the potato, various varieties of potatoes, how they grow, and the effects of the Irish potato famine in 1845.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9780778724926
 
9780778725282

Informations de publication
St. Catharines, ON ; New York : Crabtree Pub., c2007.


BibliothèqueNuméro de rayonType de documentCode à barres du documentStatut
Kildare635.2Book30138000148215Non-Fiction