Smithsonian Report, 1925. — Safford 



Plate 12 



Potatoes a Curiosity 



The Great Elector, Frederick William, with his consort, inspecting the potatoes planted by his 

 order in the Berlin Lustgarten. Not until the reign of his great-grandson, Frederick the Great, 

 did the potato become a popular food staple in Prussia. Photograph of etching by Ebner, 

 received through the courtesy of Doctor Appel 



