Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year .. (1849)
United States. Patent Office · Washington : Office of Printers to House of Reps. · leaf 217
171 BREAD CROPS. are oval and supported by short filaments, grouped freely in the centre of the flower. As the male plant only has been introduced, the female cannot be described, and consequently no seeds produced before the latter can be procured. See engraving on opposite page. … The roots, or tubers, vary in length and thickness, according to the nature of the soil, in reference to lightness, depth, and tenacity, which, no doubt, influences their form and mode of development. Th^ maximum size to which they grow is about two inches in diameter, the larger end tapering…
United States. Patent Office · Patents · Agriculture
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