Excerpt from Address of Edwin C. Wilson, Esq.: Delivered Before the Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society, at Its Seventh Annual Exhibition, Held at Philadelphia, September 29, 30 and October 1, 2 1857The potato, that valuable esculent, the demand for which, in has made it a luxury, is a native of this country. It ropeans in its native state, in the mountainous regions Quito, where it still exists. How it found is unknown, but from Virginia it was carried to England leigh, in 1586, and was first planted in Europe by Raleigh, r, in Ireland, and from thence spread over Europe, a new variety spring up in almost every change of soil or climate. In the early stages of its an article of food, it was looked on with suspicion and doubt.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.