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Niagara Falls, very highly spoken of. Shortly after this Queen Elizabeth became a convert to the use of the potato and it was served on the royal table. Etiquette made it impossible for anyone to refuse to paxtake of the new dish., But this did not increase its popularity. Several members of the court asserted that they had been, poisoned by the tubers and had only narrowly escaped death. Strange to say the Queen acquiesced to the wishes of her courtiers and potatoes were not served again. SOON BECAME POPULAR, But though prejudice may cause de- j| lays, its effects are never permanent, ra The potato soon became recognised *s | an important article of food. Opposi-' 1 tion to its use seemed to disappear al- 3 most in a single season. Soon house- I wives began to wonder how they had t ever succeeded in preparing the family j dinner without the aid of the now most \ pomular of vegetables. i The original tubers were round and ! about the size of a large chestnut. Tn | colour they wore every shade between 1 white and black with the excention of | green. This exception is a good exam- | mH9 of the irony of nature. Three him- | dred veo.r« of plant hreediiif and pplec- | tion has clone much to modify tho size. fj shape, colour and-flavour of the origin- sjj :il vpjrftnble. Npw var'otios nro y<--t j| constantly nnpooripQ: find it woiil'l lip $ unwise to predict thrt thp pn ( ] of th« g pToli'^ionnw mr^r of the potato has M vpf. hppn itt,->inpd. % rr'-U "■'-•>-. «t>*»pi"W rpiipf hv tiHw | "*TA7OT,"oti Inrnn sutrar. or uifenfire | •:<; +hrr>' 1?^ n Nazo! Inhaler. Sisij fe doaes is, 6d- U