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For the introduction to Europe, see:
Brandes S. 1999 The perilous potato and the terrifying tomato In:
Plotnicov_L, Scaglion_R ed(s).Consequences of cultivar
diffusion. Ethnology Monographs 17. Pittsburgh : Department of
Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh 85-96.
Ferrao JEM. 1993 A aventura das plantas e os descobrimentos
Portugueses. Lisbon : Instituto de Investigacao Cientifica Tropical
241p. Well illustrated account of the dispersal of cultivated plants
to and from the Americas since the 16th century.
Shaw EA. 1992. Plants of the New World: the first 150 years. An
exhibition of some books which made known the New World to
Europe. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard College Library 81p. - illus..
Catalogue of books shown in an exhibition in the Houghton
Library of Harvard University to mark the five hundredth
anniversary of the first voyage of Christopher Columbus to the
Americas.
Mark
On 16 Jun 2006, at 12:31, Lieselotte Meersschaert wrote:
Has anyone ever found Solanum lycopersicon in archaeological
contexts from the 17th century (ca.)in Western Europe? I 've
found seeds from tomato in a ditch around Damme (Bruges,
Belgium). I have looked in RADAR and in the database of H.
Kroll, but I couldn' t found any reference. I know that the plant
was used in gardens, but not as a vegetable at that time, because
they thought it was poisonous. So far, that 's all I found about the
history of this species in Western Europe. Has anyone got a
reference on this matter?
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