POTATOES

Since the end of June, all of July and August are endless fields of potatoes covered by a white and purple flowers .  Our name comes from the Italian potato tartufulo (tartufulo) .  Potatoes as a valuable food plant was brought to Europe in the middle of the XVI century of America .  Currently, extremely widespread and is one of the staple foods .  In our country it is cultivated everywhere .  Potatoes - a herbaceous plant tuber 60- 100 cm tall nightshade family .  Leaves alternate, imparipinnate-nepreryvchato .  Flowers regular, off-white, pink or purple .  Pentagonal corolla, five stamens, anthers are connected in a yellow cone .  Fruit spherical, green, inedible .  From the tubers can receive more than 200 different products, in particular ethyl alcohol, film, plastic, acetone, lactic acid, etc. .  Early in the morning between 6-7 hours flowers and potatoes are disclosed in the afternoon, in the 14-15 hours, closed

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