274 SPOET IN NORWAY. 



as much as 4J to 5 ounces, and have been known to weigh as much 

 as 2 Ibs. near Christiania. The average crops in the south may 

 be estimated at 9 tons per acre. 



PEA (Pisum arvense, " Ert "). Is the most general field-pea 

 grown in the country. In average summers it will ripen up to 

 lat 64. Many varieties of garden peas are cultivated. 



POTATO (Solatium tuberosum, L. "Potet"). Can be grown 

 further north and at a greater altitude than barley. The potato 

 was imported from England about the middle of the last century, 

 but was not generally cultivated in the south till the beginning 

 of the present century. Strange to say, the potato disease, which 

 has been very prevalent of late years in the southern districts of 

 the country, has never shown itself north of lat. 64. 



RADISH (Baphanus sativus, L. " Reddik"). The common 

 varieties are cultivated everywhere up to the Russian frontiers on 

 the Arctic Ocean. Even on the north shore of Varanger Fjord, 

 East Finrnark, they usually attain the size of a common coffee- 

 cup. 



RAPE is not cultivated in Norway. 



RED CABBAGE, " Rodkaal," is cultivated up to the polar circle. 



RHUBARB (Reum, " Rhabarber"). Thrives admirably up to 

 lat. 70. 



RYE GRASS (Lolium perenne, L. " Engelsk Raigrass"). Grows 

 wild, or as a naturalized straggler at places in the south. It 

 thrives under cultivation on the western coast where the winters 

 are not so cold. 



SAGE (Salvia officinalis, L. " Salvie "). Is very generally cul- 

 tivated up to Finmark. 



SALSAFIE (Tragopogon porrifdius, L. "Havrerod"). Is culti- 

 vated as far north as lat. 70. 



SAVOY, " Savoikaal." Is cultivated up to lat. 64, perhaps a 

 little farther north. 



SPINACH (Spinacia oleracea, L. " Spinat "). Is cultivated as 

 far north as lat. 70. 



SWEDE TURNIP, "Kaalrabi." Is one of the most common 

 root-vegetables in Norway. In Finmark, lat. 70, it grows to a 

 rather less size than a clenched fist. Roots weighing 18 Ibs. 

 have been know near Christiania. Though not generally a 

 remunerative crop within the polar circle, in 1860, at Bodo, lat. 

 67 17', a crop of 14 tons to the acre was obtained. And this 



