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is about the average crop per acre in the south, exclusive of about 
5 tons of leaves. Under favourable circumstances, however, this 
is occasionally doubled. 
Tare (Vicia sativa, L. “ Foderwikke”),—Is very generally 
cultivated up to the polar circle. Many varieties are grown. 
The seed of the “ white-seeded tare” is much used in soups, as 
the flavour is remarkably fine. 
Tosacco (Nicotiana Tabacum, L. ‘‘ Tobak”).—At the begin- 
ning of the present century, during the wars between England 
and Denmark, when the Norwegian coast was closely blockaded 
by English vessels, and it was next to impossible to import any- 
thing into the country, the tobacco plant was not uncommonly 
cultivated in the southern districts of the country. It is occa- 
sionally grown, but generally as an ornamental plant. ‘Tobacco 
was first introduced into Norway about the year 1616; but its 
importation was forbidden in 1632 by an order of Christian IV., 
who considered its use injurious to his subjects ! 
The consumption of the weed in Norway is rather extensive 
judging from the following statistics. In 1855 the population 
amounted to 1,490,047 souls; and during the five years that 
elapsed, to 1859, the imports of tobacco amounted to about 
3,300,000 lbs. per annum ! 
Turnip, “ Nepe.”—Is undoubtedly the most popular and the 
most generally cultivated of all vegetables in Norway, In fact, 
there is scarcely an inhabited spot in the country where turnips 
are not grown. It is found up to the Russian frontier. On the 
Dovre Field, lat. 623°, at an aititude of 3,000 feet above the sea, 
this plant will attain a size equal to twice a clenched fist. At 
Vardohuus, a little fortress, lat. 70° 22', which lies exposed to 
the fierce storms of the Arctic Ocean, and to very severe weather, 
a crop of 83 tons to the acre is raised one year with another. In 
the south the average crop per acre is estimated at about 
171 tons, with rather more than 5 tons of leaves per acre. Occa- 
sionally, 22 to 25 tons per acre may be heard of, and even double 
this quantity has been known. Turnips up to 20 lbs. weight are 
tolerably common in the south, and have been heard of up to 
nearly 30 lbs, in weight. 
