Vegetable Collection (page 13)

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, WW1
Quite 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, WW1
A 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 dog
Hullo, There! -- Humpty and Dumpty the twin rabbits meet a dog lurking behind a large vegetable. Date: 1912

Humpty and Dumpty the rabbits eating a cabbage
The Bitter End -- Humpty and Dumpty the twin rabbits eat a whole cabbage. Date: 1912

Fruit Label -- Canary Tomatoes
Fruit Label -- finest selected Canary Tomatoes. Date: 20th century

Les Halles Market, Paris
The salad and vegetable market stalls at Les Halles Market, Paris, France Date: 1906

A food hygiene course
Two 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 School
Thessaloniki, Greece - Students at work in the vegetable garden at the Agriculture School. Date: circa 1906

Kingham, Oxfordshire - View from Church Tower
Kingham, 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 package
Japan - 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 bouquet
An 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 awaits
The 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 cart
An elderly Bermudian Vegetable seller driving his donkey cart, laden with fresh produce, including beetroot and turnips. Date: circa 1910s

Local Fruit Sellers, Hamilton, Bermuda
Local Fruit and Vegetable Sellers, Hamilton, Bermuda Date: circa 1910s

Instruments for measuring size
Plate 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

Vegetables
Plate 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, yam
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Asparagus officinalis, asparagus
From the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Spinacia oleracea, spinach
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of spianch (Spinacia oleracea), artificially coloured by computer

Beta vulgaris, spinach beet
Illustration from Icones Plantarum Medicinalium (1784) by Johann Zorn. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Capsicum sp. pepper
A basket of peppers showing the huge variety in size, shape and colour of Capsicum

Plantes Condimentaires
Plate 24 from Le Regne Vegetal plantes agricoles, Vol 12. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Sloanes specimens
Sloanes 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

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