 ... of a cluster only at forty pounds, such a plantation would produce more than four thousand pounds of nutritive substance. M. Humboldt calculates that as thirty-three pounds of wheat and ninety-nine pounds of potatoes require the same space as that...  Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain - Էջ 422Alexander von Humboldt - 1811 - 1687 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1814 - 538 էջ
...hundred square acres of well cultivated and well manured ground a produce of 45 kilogrammes*, or 90 pounds of roots. We reckon from 4 to 6000 pounds to...of bananas is consequently to that of wheat as 133 : 1, and to that of potatoes as 44 : 1. Those who in Europe have tasted bananas ripened in hot-houses... | |
 | 1829 - 446 էջ
...pounds of potatoes require the same space as that in which four thousand pounds of bananas are grown, the produce of bananas is consequently to that of wheat as 133 : 1, and to that of potatoes as 44 : 1. The banana ripened in the hothouses of Europe has an insipid... | |
 | 1830 - 438 էջ
...pounds of potatoes require the same space as that in which four thousand pounds of bananas are grown, the produce of bananas is consequently to that of wheat as 133 : 1, and to that of potatoes as 44 : 1. The banana ripened in the hothouses of Europe has an insipid... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1831 - 484 էջ
...pounds of potatoes require the same space as that in which four thousand pounds of bananas are grown, the produce of bananas is consequently to that of wheat as 133 : 1, and to that of potatoes as 44 : 1. The ripe fruit of the banana is preserved like the fig, by... | |
 | 1832 - 406 էջ
...pounds of potatoes require the same space as that in which four thousand pounds of bananas are grown, the produce of bananas is consequently to that of wheat as 133 : 1. and to that of potatoes as 44 : 1. The facility with which the banana can be cultivated has doubtless... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - 1833 - 764 էջ
...of potatoes, require tSe same space as that in which •iOOOlbs. of liananas arc grown, the prixlnco of Bananas is consequently to that of wheat as 133, and to that of potatoes as 41." Librarif of Entcrtaininq Knmcledyc. I ini>-.'-,u has hcen particularly complimentary to the Banana,... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1835 - 474 էջ
...pounds of potato require the game space as that in which four thousand pounds of bananas are grown, the produce of bananas is consequently to that of wheat as 133 : 1, and to that of potatos as 44 : 1. The ripe fruit of the banana is preserved like the fig, by being... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - 1836 - 774 էջ
...ninetynine pounds of potatoes, require the same space as that in which 40001bs. of Bananas are grown, the produce of Bananas is consequently to that of wheat as 133, and to that of potatoes as 4 1." Library of Entertaining Knowledge. Linnscus has boon particularly complimentary to the Banana,... | |
 | Henry Duncan - 1836 - 472 էջ
...yielded by wheat and potatoes, and calculates that the produce of the banana, in a given space, is to that of wheat as 133, and to that of potatoes as 4, to 1. The nutritive matter of the banana, however, weight for weight, bears no comparison with that... | |
 | 1839 - 580 էջ
...pounds of potatoes require the same space as that in which four thousand pounds of bananas are grown, the produce of bananas is consequently to that of wheat as 133 : 1, and that of potatoes as 44 : 1. The facility with which the banana can be cultivated has doubtless... | |
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