SHAKESPEARE AND THE KUMARA.
It is interesting to know that the kuniara, which i* considered by many people to be a Maori production, was known and used in England in Shakespeare's time. As Convolvulus Batatas, Ipomen Biitatas, or Batatas edulis, it was eaten in England under the name of potato. Jlr. R. 1 , . Brotherstone, writing in "The Garden" says: "The potato of Shakespeare—luxury with potato lingers—has been over and over again shown to be, not the potato of our day, which usurped the name, and that in Scotland was supposed to have similar virtutry but the roots of convolvulus or Imopea Batatas."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 137, 11 June 1932, Page 6 (Supplement)
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102SHAKESPEARE AND THE KUMARA. Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 137, 11 June 1932, Page 6 (Supplement)
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