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Food Collection (page 2)

Background imageFood Collection: Punica granatum, pomegranate

Punica granatum, pomegranate. Joseph Jacob Plenck, Icones Plantarum Medicinal, Vol. 4, 1791, Tab. 376, t. 376

Background imageFood Collection: Capsicum annuum, chilli

Capsicum annuum, chilli pepper. REGNAULT Nicolas Francois (1746-c.1810) and Genevive de Nangis REGNAULT (b.1746). La Botanique mise a la portee de tout le Monde

Background imageFood Collection: Juglans regia (walnut), 1887

Juglans regia (walnut), 1887
Illustration of Juglans regia from Kohlers Medicinal Plants, 1887

Background imageFood Collection: Cocos nucifera (coconut), 1887

Cocos nucifera (coconut), 1887
Illustration of Cocos nucifera commonly known as coconut from Kohler; Kohlers Medicinal Plants, 1887, Plate 234

Background imageFood Collection: Zea mays, corn

Zea mays, corn (maize). Kohler, Kohlers Medicinal Plants, 1887, Plate 282

Background imageFood Collection: Tamarindus indica, 1887

Tamarindus indica, 1887
Tamarindus indica, commonly known as tamarind, Köhler's Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887, volume 2, Plate 180

Background imageFood Collection: Agaricus campestris, field mushroom

Agaricus campestris, field mushroom
Agaricus campestris. Field mushroom, meadow mushroom. Illustration from Coloured figures of English fungi or mushrooms, London, 1797 - 1803 by James Sowerby, Vol. 3, 1801. Tab. 305, t. 305

Background imageFood Collection: Black truffle

Black truffle
Tuber melanosporum as Tuber cibarium. Black truffle, Perigord truffle, French black truffle. Illustration from Coloured figures of English fungi or mushrooms, London, 1797 - 1803 by James Sowerby

Background imageFood Collection: White truffle

White truffle
Tuber magnatum as Tuber album. White truffle or trifola d Alba. Illustration from Coloured figures of English fungi or mushrooms, London, 1797 - 1803 by James Sowerby. Vol. 3 - 1801 Tab. 310, t. 310

Background imageFood Collection: Pisum sativum, garden pea

Pisum sativum, garden pea. Fabaceae family. Illustration from Flora von Deutschland, Osterreich und der Schweiz by Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thome, plate 453

Background imageFood Collection: Kale and Brussels Sprouts varieties

Kale and Brussels Sprouts varieties
A chromolithograph of Borecoles or Kale and Brussels Sprouts varieties. Source: Album Benary, 1876. Creator Ernst Benary (1819-1893)

Background imageFood Collection: Necklace of spices

Necklace of spices
Necklace with beads of Coix, Dioclea, Adenanthera, Myristica and Mucuna - cinnamon bark, cloves and nutmeg. Sourced in Grenada, Spain. RBG Kew Economic Botany Collection, Catalogue Number: 78869

Background imageFood Collection: Varieties of apples

Varieties of apples from Jean Herman Knoop, Pomologie, ou Description des meilleures sortes de pommes et de poires (1771)

Background imageFood Collection: Potato tuber slices being dried in trays of peat, WWII

Potato tuber slices being dried in trays of peat, WWII
Supplies of seed potatoes were insufficient to demand during WWII, so Wiliam Campbell, Curator of Kew Gardens devised a method of growing potatoes using slices from the tuber instead

Background imageFood Collection: Vegetables cultivated on Kew Green, 1917

Vegetables cultivated on Kew Green, 1917
Vegetables cultivated in allotments on Kew Green to combat food shortages, 1917, during World War I

Background imageFood Collection: 633. Rice Harvest, near Bandong, Java

633. Rice Harvest, near Bandong, Java
The working buffaloes, though very savage towards men, get fond of the boys who drive them and habitually sit on their backs

Background imageFood Collection: Brassica oleracea

Brassica oleracea
ornamental kale Kamome Red

Background imageFood Collection: honey

honey
close up of honeycomb

Background imageFood Collection: Manufacture of Sugar at Katipo

Manufacture of Sugar at Katipo
Oil on canvas. Inscription in paint on verso of canvas, Manufacture of Sugar at Katipo. 15 or 20 miles from Tete, cutting lengths of cane, crushing it in mill, boiling, and chrystallisation, July 26

Background imageFood Collection: Dioscorea pentaphylla, Willd

Dioscorea pentaphylla, Willd
Watercolour on paper, no date (late 18th, early 19th century). Hand painted copy of an illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh 1751-1815)

Background imageFood Collection: Luffa pentandra, Roxb

Luffa pentandra, Roxb
Watercolour on paper, no date (late 18th, early 19th century). Hand painted copy of an illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh (1751-1815)

Background imageFood Collection: Luffa acutangula Roxb, 1795-1804

Luffa acutangula Roxb, 1795-1804
Watercolour on paper, 1795-1804. Hand painted copy of an illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh (1751-1815)

Background imageFood Collection: Cucumis utilissimus, Roxb

Cucumis utilissimus, Roxb
Watercolour on paper, no date (late 18th, early 19th century). Hand painted copy of an illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh (1751-1815)

Background imageFood Collection: Abrus precatorius, Willd

Abrus precatorius, Willd
Watercolour on paper. Hand painted copy of an illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh (1751-1815). In his Flora Indica

Background imageFood Collection: Lactuca sativa, lettuce, 1791

Lactuca sativa, lettuce, 1791
Lactuca sativa, lettuce, from Joseph Jacob Plenck, Icones Plantarum Medicinal, Vol. 4, 1791, Tab 594, t. 594

Background imageFood Collection: Thymus vulgaris, 1792

Thymus vulgaris, 1792
Illustration of Thymus vulgaris, commonly known as thyme, from Icones Plantarum Medicinal by Joseph Jacob Plenck, 1932, volume 5, plate 489

Background imageFood Collection: Good King Henry

Good King Henry
Chenopodium bonus Henricus, Good King Henry. REGNAULT Nicolas Francois (1746-c.1810) and Genevive de Nangis REGNAULT (b.1746)

Background imageFood Collection: Asparagus officinalis, asparagus

Asparagus officinalis, asparagus
Asparagus officinalis. Illustration from Flora von Deutschland, Osterreich und der Schweiz by Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thome

Background imageFood Collection: Theobroma cacao pods

Theobroma cacao pods
Theobroma cacao, cocoa. STERCULIACEAE

Background imageFood Collection: Beetroot Golden

Beetroot Golden RBG Kew

Background imageFood Collection: Beetroot Bolivar Detroit

Beetroot Bolivar Detroit
allotment, beetroot, Bolivar Detroit, edible, food, growing, horticulture, methods, plot, RBG Kew, vegetable

Background imageFood Collection: Ripening tomatoes on the vine

Ripening tomatoes on the vine, student vegetable plots, RBG Kew

Background imageFood Collection: Harvesting purple kohlrabi

Harvesting purple kohlrabi in the student vegetable plots, RBG Kew

Background imageFood Collection: Lettuces in vegetable plot

Lettuces in vegetable plot
Lettuces in the student vegetable plots, RBG Kew

Background imageFood Collection: Watering a vegetable plot

Watering a vegetable plot
Horticulture student watering a vegetable plot, RBG Kew

Background imageFood Collection: Protecting vegetables from pests

Protecting vegetables from pests
Wire netting and mesh protecting vegetables from pests, horiticultural student vegetable plot, RBG Kew

Background imageFood Collection: Pinching out a tomato plant

Pinching out a tomato plant
Pinching out tomato plants, RBG Kew

Background imageFood Collection: 414. Fat Plants of the Addo Bush, South Africa

414. Fat Plants of the Addo Bush, South Africa
Flowers of a Cotyledon with a tuft of the same, and Portulacaria afra, Jacq. (Spekboom or Elephants Food) on the right. Among the other flowers Haemanthus, a tall Aloe, and Schotia speciosa, Jacq

Background imageFood Collection: 002203PL080429094

002203PL080429094

Background imageFood Collection: 002203PL080429092

002203PL080429092

Background imageFood Collection: 002203PL080429089

002203PL080429089

Background imageFood Collection: 002203PL080429083

002203PL080429083

Background imageFood Collection: 002203PL080429079

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Background imageFood Collection: Pavilion Restaurant

Pavilion Restaurant




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