And the South America chile pepper was introduced to Europe by Christopher Columbus who believed it was the unripe fruit of the pepper plant (remember that he had never seen a pepper plant before).
Scott Gayman On Aug 5, 2009, at 3:22 PM, "Marsbar" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Well you learn something new every day. Alexander the Great is > responsible for introducing Cotton to Europe. That is way before I > would have expected. > > > > Fi > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
