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Russian Garden and Vegetable Garden. An Entertaining History of Fruits and Vegetables

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Russian Garden and Vegetable Garden. An Entertaining History of Fruits and Vegetables
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The book by Russian scientist-naturalist Nikolai Fedorovich Zolotnitsky (1851-1920), author of the famous work "Myths and Legends about Flowers", contains fascinating stories, myths and legends about more than 70 fruits and vegetables.
Zolotnicki brings together a curious knowledge of fruits and vegetables that today are taken for granted. But once many of them were real curiosities! Where did the now commonplace fruits come to Russia? What surprising ways did raspberries, strawberries, currants, cherries, gooseberries reach Russia? What rare nuts and seeds were everyday delicacies of our great-grandfathers? Finally, what vegetables and root crops formed the basis of Russian cuisine before the emergence of the potato - and can radish or rutabaga be considered "native Russian"? Before you - a wonderful tour of the Russian vegetable garden, combining botany, history, mythology and more... The collection is decorated with more than 200 botanical illustrations, as well as masterpieces of still life and works of outstanding artists on historical themes.
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