Title:
Indian Plants
Date:
ND
Scope & Content:
Mimeographed article relating to the cultivation of Indian plants.
Of all our food plants, our fruits and our nuts, over eighty per cent are indigenous to America and were cultivated by the ancient Americans. Even the most primitive tribes had their fields and gardens where they cultivated maiize, beans, squashes, and pumpkins, melons of various kinds and, in the warmer ares sweet potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, and other food plants.
22 pages
Of all our food plants, our fruits and our nuts, over eighty per cent are indigenous to America and were cultivated by the ancient Americans. Even the most primitive tribes had their fields and gardens where they cultivated maiize, beans, squashes, and pumpkins, melons of various kinds and, in the warmer ares sweet potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, and other food plants.
22 pages
Object ID:
DOC.ND02190
Object Name:
Article
Collection:
Food
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