Vegetables growing in the Demonstration Plot, RBG Kew, WWII
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Vegetables growing in the Demonstration Plot, RBG Kew, during World War II. The Model Allotment Plan initiated by the Ministry of Agriculture was designed to provide a household of five people with a year-round supply (apart from potatoes). This Demonstration Plot was intended to be imitated at home. It yielded peas, runner beans, carrots, leeks, onions, tomatoes, herbs and fruit such as apples and pears
Copyright © RBG KEW
Media ID 10645480
Date: 12th February 2015
Copyright Status: Copyrighted Work
Owner URL: http://www.kew.org/
Credit: Copyright RBG Kew
Filename: p156 - 006838LA20120717-104 Orangery 1940s.jpg
Image Size: 3771 x 4867 Pixels
Filesize is 4.17MB
Associated Categories: History
Associated Categories: History
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