{"id":10962,"date":"2017-05-12T21:02:07","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T19:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=10962"},"modified":"2020-12-12T12:50:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T11:50:49","slug":"alton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=10962","title":{"rendered":"Alton"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was very pleased to be invited to give a talk organised by the Curtis Museum in Alton, Hampshire, UK, not far from where I grew up in Eastleigh, Hants.<\/p>\n

In my book I introduce the Hampshire towns of Alresford (watercress), Selborne (Gilbert White and sea kale) and Alton as the \u201cHampshire perennial vegetable triangle\u201d or the UK hotspot of perennial vegetable domestication. Alton is included as the home of botanist William Curtis, who was Praefectus Horti at the Chelsea Physic Garden in London in the 1770s. He was also a friend of Gilbert White! He wrote a pamphlet, \u2018Directions for the culture of the Crambe maritima or Sea Kale, for the use of the Table\u2019 in 1799 to bolster efforts in introducing it as a market vegetable.
\nSee the album of pictures from a wander around Alton with Sheila John of the Curtis museum, edimentals tour of the Allen Gallery garden and later talk there! See the album below!
\nOther related posts:
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Directions for the culture of Sea Kale (1799) http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=9772<\/a><\/p>\n

The Hampshire Perennial Vegetable Triangle http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?page_id=3879<\/a><\/p>\n

Lecture at the Hillier Gardens\u00a0 http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?page_id=1281<\/a><\/p>\n

Hampshire\u2019s Watercress Line \u00a0http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=335<\/a><\/p>\n