[DOC] [TLE] potato facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about ... [PAR] Potatoes are the vegetable eaten most frequently in the United States, and the .... 
it was Basque fishermen who first brought potatoes to Ireland, when they came ... 
continent where they are consumed by "uncivilized" non-Christian peoples. ... 
embraced in Great Britain, remaining a garden crop grown by botanists until 
1780. [DOC] [TLE] History Magazine - The Impact of the Potato [PAR] ... believe they may have grown wild in the region as long as 13,000 years ago. ... 
According to Dr. Hector Flores, "the most probable place of origin of potatoes is 
located ... Holland, France, Switzerland, England, Germany, Portugal and Ireland. 
... In northern Europe, potatoes were primarily grown in botanical gardens as an... [DOC] [TLE] The Columbian Exchange: A History of Disease, Food ... - Home Page [PAR] tropical regions of these continents was aided ... spur further more-rigorous 
studies of the long-term consequences of ... potato on population growth within 
Ireland. Hersh and Voth (2009) examine the benefits .... the true origins of 
venereal syphilis have been a direct consequence of the difficulty in ..... Botanists 
believe that. [DOC] [TLE] In which continent did potato originate? | Yahoo Answers [PAR] Unlike any other major crop, potatoes contain most of the vitamins needed for 
sustenance. ... While in Ireland the potato gained acceptance from the bottom up, 
in France ... Believing this plant must be valuable, many peasants "acquired" 
some of the ... An effective fungicide was not found until 1883 by the French 
botanist,... [DOC] [TLE] Potato - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Potatoes are the world's most widely grown tuber crop, and the fourth largest crop 
in ... 1 Botanical description; 2 Wild potatoes; 3 History. 3.1 Origins; 3.2 Spain; 3.3 
England; 3.4 Ireland; 3.5 Continental Europe; 3.6 United States ... I do not believe 
that anyone knows how many varieties of potatoes there are in Peru, but to a... [DOC] [TLE] Irish Potato Famine - American University [PAR] The Issue Throughout the Potato Famine, from 1845 to 1947, more than one 
million ... Description The "white" potato, know today as the Irish potato, 
originated in the ... same botanical family as the poisonous nightshade, potatoes 
were thought to be ... At this time, British turned its attention from the European 
Continent and... [DOC] [TLE] The Columbian Exchange - Department of Economics - Yale ... [PAR] world most directly participating in the exchange: Europe and the Americas. It 
also ... and colonization of the vast tropical regions of these continents was aided 
by the .... originated in the New World and was spread in 1493 by Christopher .... 
counties in Ireland and estimates that the cultivation of the potato did spur popu-. [DOC] [TLE] Brief History of the Sweet Potato - Wayne E. Bailey Produce Co. [PAR] They found them on these two new continents, North and South America, but they 
... Being a tropical plant, the sweet potato probably was found before the Irish 
potato ... In most places in Latin America, the sweet potato is called "camote", but 
the Incans called it "batata" and that is apparently the origin of our word "potato". [DOC] [TLE] Potatoes are susceptible to many different ... - Hamilton College [PAR] the most common potato disease and causes severe defoliation and yield loss. 
16 ... J. Phytophthora infestans, cause of late blight of potato and the Irish potato 
... <http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/m2001alt.html>. 20 ..... At its place of 
origin, the potato grows in the sunshine for many hours, .... Many historians 
believe. [DOC] [TLE] botany | GeorgiaBeforePeople [PAR] Scientists believe live oaks evolved in southern North America because most 
species ... apple trees in North America as soon as they arrived on the continent. 
.... Genetic and morphological studies suggest the sweet potato originated in the 
... that by 3500 BP native Americans were cultivating sweet potatoes, Irish 
potatoes,... [DOC] [TLE] History of agriculture - Wikipedia [PAR] The history of agriculture records the domestication of plants and animals and the 
development

Question: Most botanists believe the Irish potato originally came from this continent
Answer: South America