The port of Baltimore handled about 600,000 barrels of flour and 70,000 bushels of wheat mostly shipped to England - more than any US port except NYC. Ellicott's mills supplied flour to Baltimore. Wild garlic was probably a problem in the wheat from Howard County. Oliver Evans' book (who visited Ellicotts mills, book was co-written by a brother of the Ellicott founders) contained an entire section on the wild garlic problem.Monday, September 2, 2019
Baltimore and flour 1831 ... and garlick flour
The port of Baltimore handled about 600,000 barrels of flour and 70,000 bushels of wheat mostly shipped to England - more than any US port except NYC. Ellicott's mills supplied flour to Baltimore. Wild garlic was probably a problem in the wheat from Howard County. Oliver Evans' book (who visited Ellicotts mills, book was co-written by a brother of the Ellicott founders) contained an entire section on the wild garlic problem.
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