Vegetables Gallery

Tab X

A Chromolithograph plate of Beet varieties taken from the Album Benary. The Album contains 28 colour plates in total of vegetable varieties by Ernst Benary which are named in the accompanying page in German, English, French and Russian. Date: 1876

19, 19th, Beet, Beets, Beta, C19, C19th, Century, Chenopodiaceae, Chromo Lithograph, Colour, Cross Section, Group, Illustration, Illustrations, Nineteen, Nineteenth, Painting, Paintings, Plate, Plates, Root, Roots, Vege Table, Vegetables, Vertical

Leek Show winners

Two prize winners at a Leek Show displaying their impressive vegetables alongside a couple of equally impressive mantel clocks, presumably their prizes. The North East tradition of growing leeks and other large vegetables has its roots in the region's mining heritage, when it offered pitmen a welcome hobby out in the fresh air. In recent years, there has been a decline in leek shows, once a vibrant part of North Eastern heritage and community. Date: c.1910

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Union Workhouse, Wincanton, Somerset

The Wincanton Union workhouse, Somerset, with extensive vegetable gardens in front which were cultivated by the workhouse inmates. The workhouse opened in 1838 and was designed by George Wilkinson. It later became an old people's home known as Town View

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1830s, 1838, 1908, Age, Cultivated, Edwardian, Elderly, Garden, Gardens, Growing, Historical, History, Home, Housing, Inmates, Ivy, L Aw, Old, People, Peoples, Poor, Poverty, Somerset, Town, Union, V Iew, Vege Table, Vegetables, Victorian, Wilkinson, Wincanton, Workhouse, Workhouses