Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia

Useful Plant (Quotation)

A view looking down into Monticello's vegetable garden terrace with the Garden Pavilion in the middle and Montalto in the background.

"[T]he greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add an useful plant to it’s culture; especially a bread grain. next in value to bread is oil."
- Thomas Jefferson, Summary of Public Service, after September 2, 18001

Footnotes

  1. PTJ, 32:124. Polygraph copy at the Library of Congress. Transcription available at Founders Online.