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The Potato Crop

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Following the introduction of the potato as a food crop to Great Britain it was grown largely as a vegetable for local consumption rather than as a saleable cash crop as it is today. Non-agricultural communities were small at this time and had ready access to holdings from which potatoes could be obtained. The need to grow potatoes on a more extensive basis emerged as cheap food sources were required for the large urban populations that appeared in the nineteenth century.

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  1. R. J. Makepeace
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  1. Department of Agriculture and Horticulture, Reading University, UK

    P. M. Harris

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Makepeace, R.J., Holroyd, J. (1978). Weed control. In: Harris, P.M. (eds) The Potato Crop. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7210-1_10

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