 Botany," page 718, the following remarks are made concerning these two varieties: It is quite clear that while the root of one is bitter and a virulent poison, tliat of the other is sweet and wholesome, and is commonly eaten cooked as a vegetable. Both...  Report of the Commissioner of agriculture 1888 - Page 235by U.S. department of agriculture Commissioner's OFfice - 1889Full view - About this book
 | John Lindley - Botany - 1866 - 696 pages
...species. It Is quite clear, however, that while the root of one is bitter and a most virulent poison, that of the other is sweet and wholesome, and is commonly...of during the process of preparation it undergoes. This consists in first reducing the large fleshy roots to a pulp by , grating them, the poisonous juice... | |
 | John Lindley, Thomas Moore - Botany - 1874 - 762 pages
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 | Botany - 1889 - 442 pages
...varieties : " It is quite clear that while the root of one is bitter and a virulent poison, that af the other is sweet and wholesome, and is commonly...wholesome and nutritious food; the poison of the bitter being got rid of during the process of preparation it undergoes. The poisonous expressed juice, if... | |
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...two varieties: " It is quite clear that while the root of one is bitter, and a virulent poison, that of the other is sweet and wholesome, and is commonly eaten cooked as a vegetable. Both of them, especinlty the bitter, are most extensively cultivated over the greater part of tropical America, and... | |
 | United States. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1889 - 858 pages
...these two varieties: It is quite clear that while the root of one is bitter and a virulent poison, that of the other is sweet and wholesome, and is commonly...them, especially the bitter, are most extensively culth ated over the greater part of tropical America, and yield an abundance of wholesome and nutritious... | |
 | Thomas Heazle Parke - Africa, Central - 1891 - 612 pages
..." It is quite clear, however, thai while the root of one is bitter and a most virulent poison, that of the other is sweet and wholesome, and is commonly...bitter, are most extensively cultivated over the greater l»rt of tropical America, and yield an abundance of wholesome and nutritious food, the poison of the... | |
 | Thomas Heazle Parke - Africa, Central - 1891 - 630 pages
..." It is quite clear, however, that while the root of one is bitter and a most virulent poison, that of the other is sweet and wholesome, and is commonly eaten cooked as a vegetable. Both of them, es|>ecially the bitter, are most extensively cultivated over the greater part of tropical America,... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Chemistry - Agricultural chemistry - 1894 - 1004 pages
...poison that of the other is swept ami wholesome, and is commonly eaten cooked as a vegetable. lioth if them, especially the bitter, are most extensively...over the greater part of tropical America and yield au abundance of wholesome and nutritions food the poison of the bitter kind being got rid of during... | |
 | Agriculture - 1917 - 1192 pages
...remarks are made: It is quite clear that while the root of one is bitter and a virulent poison, that of the other is sweet and wholesome, and is commonly...and nutritious food, the Poison of the bitter kind beirfg got rid of during the process of preparation it undergoes. The poisonous expressed juice, if... | |
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