The microscopy of vegetable foods, with special reference to the detection of adulteration and the diagnosis of mixtures (1916)
Winton, Andrew Lincoln, 1864-1946, Moeller, Josef, 1848-1924, Winton, Kate Grace Barber, Mrs · New York, John Wiley & sons, inc.; [etc., etc.] · leaf 437
rder Compositce), a NorthAmerican.plant, are of some importance as food for both man and cattle.They are red-brown, elongated, often pear-shaped, and bear small roots,warty sprouts, and transverse rings. The flesh is white or red. HISTOLOGY. The bark is scarcely i mm. thick. 1. The Epidermis (Fig.… … FlG. 319. Jerusalem Artichoke {IlclUinlhus tubcrosus). Epidermis and one of the paren-chyma layers of tuber in surface view. (Moeller.) virsely elongated. Some of them have somewhat thickened, scleren-chymati/ed walls. 3. The Bast contains balsam duels, but no bast fibers. 4. Xylem. Within the…
