Gooseberry Gallery

Poison gooseberry, Withania somnifera

Poison gooseberry, Withania somnifera, and bladder cherry, Physalis alkekengi. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, German, and in English manuscript. Date:

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Currants and berries, fruits en baies

Currants and berries, fruits en baies. Gooseberry, Ribes uva-crispa 1, 4, 5, white currant 2, redcurrant, Ribes rubrum 3, 6, and blackcurrant, Ribes nigrum 7. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr. Gerard and Francois Herincq's La Regne Vegetal: Horticulture: Jardin Potager et Jardin Fruitier, L. Guerin, Paris, 1864-1871. Currants and berries, fruits en baies. Gooseberry, Ribes uva-crispa 1, 4, 5, white currant 2, redcurrant, Ribes rubrum 3, 6, and blackcurrant, Ribes nigrum 7. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr. Gerard and Francois Herincq's La Regne Vegetal: Horticulture: Jardin Potager et Jardin Fruitier, L. Guerin, Paris, 1864-1871. Date:

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Advert for the Ministry of Food 1945

Something new in salad'. Salad making gives full scope to your powers of invention. For almost all vegetables are at home in the salad bowl, and you can try them in almost endless combinations. A crisp salad, as appetising to look at as it is to taste, is a very important item in the day's meals. Raw green vegetables are one of the riches sources of vitamin c. You'll remember that this is the vitamin that helps so much to give clear skin, bright eyes and that feeling of vigour which makes life enjoyable.
1945

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans