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Old and New London
… 40 of mutton and veal; 160 dishes of vegetables, including potatoes, peas, and cauliflowers; 480 sauce-boats, 240 of …
A History of the County of Somerset
… some farmers gave no statistical information. 3 In 1867 potatoes were an important crop, and women picked and sorted … be among the best in the county, as well as wheat, peas, potatoes, and mangolds. Farms remained small, only seven over …
A History of the County of Essex
… peas (45 a.), beans (36 a.), turnips or rape (24 a.), and potatoes (6 a.). 70 A tenant in 1614 was allegedly increasing …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the Lune. The farmers are extensive cultivators of potatoes, with which the neighbouring markets are supplied; …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… has taken place. The crops are, grain of every kind, potatoes, turnips, and the different grasses. The lands have … of the port consists chiefly in the exportation of grain, potatoes, and other agricultural produce. About fifteen … the crops are, wheat, barley, bear, oats, beans, potatoes, and turnips, with the different grasses. The system …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… peas, coleseed, mangolds, and mustard, and 104 sacks of potatoes. 30 The fens were used for common pasture, partly … a. out of 1,824 a. reported. Other crops then included potatoes, earlier planted on less than 40 a., but covering …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was almost equally divided between barley and oats. Potatoes, increasingly grown in the neighbourhood were an …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… were causing trouble in 1820. In 1800 the overseers bought potatoes, herrings, split peas, and barley, and distributed coal and potatoes in 1801 and 1823. Following the end of the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… were also small amounts (in descending order) of peas, potatoes, turnips or rape, and beans. 27 In 1838 two fifths …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is a strong red loamy soil, adapted to the culture of potatoes, of which great quantities are grown for the …