Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1895 — Weeds in the Future. [ARTICLE]

Weeds in the Future.

Fifty years ago the tomato was considered unfit for food, yet to-day it is, with the exception of the potato, the most extensively eaten vegetable. It would be a bold person who would predict what additions will be made to our diet within the next fifty years. What new grains, fruits and vegetables may not our scientists develop for us? The field is almost limitless. So far only six out of our 800 grasses have been turned into cereals through cultivation, and the possibilities of fruit and vegetable development are equally good. Some of our most pestiferous weeds may be regarded by our grandchildren as nature’s choicest and sweetest gifts-