New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-30
NATIVE HEATH OF VEGETABLES

To know Just where our common fruits and vese-
tables came from originally is source OF some IN
reresJ As almost every one knows America gave
to the world the potato tomato. pineapple Indian
corn and tha chocolate tree There seems TO he
some doubt about the sweet potato. Though it ap-
pears to have originated IN tropical America It Is
credited by sone 10 the East Indies A large num-
her Of cur common fruits and vegetables were
brought from Asia and some OF them have been
known from time irnrnenooriaL On the other hand
some Of our favOrites like the strawberry, Tor IN
stance have been known only a comparatively
short time. Many people suppose the pumpkin TO
have originated in America because the Indians
cultivated It freely among their maize It IS now
believed to be Of AsiatIc origin, and perhaps was
brought oyer to America by the aborigines. II has
been cultivated IN England since 1910.
The onion has been IN use since the DAYS Of an
Gent Egypt, and is said 10 be more widely grown
than almost any other paI.t- Its native country Is
unknown
T1Irrips we're cultivated by the Greeks and Ro-
mans. Spinach was introduced into Europe ~ the
Arabs. Beans have been known from prehistoric
times. Some varieties Of American origin
Peas were known to the Creeks and Romans,
Garlic is native OF Central Asia, and perhaps Of
the Mediterranean region. It was well known TO
the ancents and Is still favortte among the peo-
pie OF Southern Europe and most Oriental countries
Parsley is q native Of the Mediterranean regions
In the Ne1nean games the v1ctors' crowns were or
Carrots are a native Of Europe and Northern Asia
and have been known from the earliest times. The
cultivated from the earliest times IN all civilized
countries.
The radish has been known and highly priced for
It's crisp, feshY from the days of ancient Egypt
Lemons found wild in the mountainous regions
of India, especially in the north AS 4 cultivated
fruit tree the lemon early known and dissent
mated by arabs but appears not TO have been
established Europe till a comparatively late
period. II was introduced. perhaps. by the Cru
sadeTs
The local origin OF the peach has commonly been
ascri0ed 70 Persia, but the Investigations Of De
CaudCje points TO China It's birthplace.
TIE ounce was known 70 the aHCienrs. and IL has
been argued that the golden apples Of the He's
perIGes We're ounces
Pears belong 70 Europe and Asia AIuskmeIons
are not known IN the Wild state Their origin was
referred by DE CaudOile to the region Of the South
erl Caspian. They have been cuItvate ed from time
inlulem0rial in the hot countries of the East
The apricot was formerly believed to be a native
Of Armenia but Is now supposed TO be a Chinese
fruit The cranberry is said 10 be native Of every
continent in the north temperate zone. The orange
is said to have originally from India or China
The cherry was introduced into England by the
Romans.
The strawberry was not cultivated by the an
clients. Its culture in Europe began somewhere in
the fifteenth sixteenth century.
The watermelon Is supposed to be OF Asiatio orr
gin and IS largely cultivated throughout the world
The Ehaddock came originally from the Malayan
and POlyucsaQ islands.