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Vegetable seller (cabbages)Cabbages O! Turnips!. Street vegetable seller. From Old London Cries (1885) Date: 1885
Greetings postcard from Munich, Germany, showing a figure sitting on a barrel, holding a beer jar in one hand and a vegetable in the other. Date: 1908
Allotments in Fleet Street, London, WW1Quite possibly the innermost allotment in London, a plot between Fleet Street and Fetter Lane cultivated by two sisters, the Misses Kersey, where they grew cabbages, cauliflowers, beetroots
Growing vegetables for victory, WW1A page from The Graphic demonstrating the wide variety of ways the British population was growing vegetables during the First World War
Vegetable seller and donkey, Naples, Italy. Date: late 19th century
Vegetable stall, Japan. Date: circa 1890s
Vegetable vendor, Japan. Date: circa 1890s
Humpty and Dumpty the rabbits meet a dogHullo, There! -- Humpty and Dumpty the twin rabbits meet a dog lurking behind a large vegetable. Date: 1912
Humpty and Dumpty the rabbits eating a cabbageThe Bitter End -- Humpty and Dumpty the twin rabbits eat a whole cabbage. Date: 1912
Fruit Label -- Canary TomatoesFruit Label -- finest selected Canary Tomatoes. Date: 20th century
Les Halles Market, ParisThe salad and vegetable market stalls at Les Halles Market, Paris, France Date: 1906
A food hygiene courseTwo chefs prepare food infront of a predominantly female audience who take notes and listen keenly to the two experts. The blackboard behind the cooks has details of todays dishes which include beef
Grand Socco Vegetable Market - Tangier, Morocco Date: circa 1907
Japan - Woman buying food from a street vendor, possibly rather grateful to be able to rest his heavily-laden yolk of wares. Date: circa 1906
Thessaloniki - Vegetable Garden at the Agriculture SchoolThessaloniki, Greece - Students at work in the vegetable garden at the Agriculture School. Date: circa 1906
Kingham, Oxfordshire - View from Church TowerKingham, Oxfordshire - View of the grounds of Kingham House (former residence of Mr and Mrs J G Collins) from the Church Tower. Date: circa 1910s
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Home Grown" Every pound you lend today will hasten victory on its way." A little girl and boy proudly water their window box vegetable patch - doing their bit to dig for victory during WW2
Japan - Japanese woman carrying bunch of daikon and packageJapan - Japanese woman carrying bunch of daikon and a package wrapped in brown paper. Daikon (white radish), is a traditional Japanese staple vegetable used for takuan or bettarazuke dishes
The Tenor hits a high note and is met by a special bouquetAn Operatic Tenor hits a high note and is met by a special bouquet, comprising of eggs, carrots, a turnip and a dead cat! " He who pitches too high, won t get through his song"
The Tenor hits a high note and a special bouquet awaitsThe Tenors Top Note. An Operatic Tenor hits a high note and is about to meet a special bouquet, comprising of rotten eggs, a carrot and a turnip !! Date: circa 1910s
Old Vegetable seller driving his donkey cartAn elderly Bermudian Vegetable seller driving his donkey cart, laden with fresh produce, including beetroot and turnips. Date: circa 1910s
Local Fruit Sellers, Hamilton, BermudaLocal Fruit and Vegetable Sellers, Hamilton, Bermuda Date: circa 1910s
Instruments for measuring sizePlate 55 from Le Regne Vegetal, Vol 12, Hort. Atlas (1870). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Entitled Instruments pour la Taille et la Greffe
VegetablesPlate 5 from Le Regne Vegetal, Vol 12, Hort. Atlas (1870). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Entitled Tubercules alimentaires
Dioscorea decaisneana, yamIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Asparagus officinalis, asparagusFrom the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Spinacia oleracea, spinachA scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of spianch (Spinacia oleracea), artificially coloured by computer
Beta vulgaris, spinach beetIllustration from Icones Plantarum Medicinalium (1784) by Johann Zorn. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Capsicum sp. pepperA basket of peppers showing the huge variety in size, shape and colour of Capsicum
Plantes CondimentairesPlate 24 from Le Regne Vegetal plantes agricoles, Vol 12. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Sloanes specimensSloanes Vegetable and Vegetable Substances. An assortment of 12, 523 fruits, seeds, pots of aromatic gums and other items of plant origin, are kept in little boxes at the Natural History Museum