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... important outside India today . Africa has contributed only two vegetables common to us , okra and watermelons , and Australia not a single one . New World Enriched Old's Larder Perhaps the least ancient , but not the least important ...
... important outside India today . Africa has contributed only two vegetables common to us , okra and watermelons , and Australia not a single one . New World Enriched Old's Larder Perhaps the least ancient , but not the least important ...
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... important single vegetable is doubtless the potato . The word is believed to be de- rived from the Spanish discoverers ' under- standing of the South American Indians ' name for the plant , papa or patata . Over most of the United ...
... important single vegetable is doubtless the potato . The word is believed to be de- rived from the Spanish discoverers ' under- standing of the South American Indians ' name for the plant , papa or patata . Over most of the United ...
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... important in commerce and therefore of much interest to Columbus and his commercial - adventurer associates . When they found the Indians of the West Indies growing and using fiery forms of Capsicum , the product was thought to be a ...
... important in commerce and therefore of much interest to Columbus and his commercial - adventurer associates . When they found the Indians of the West Indies growing and using fiery forms of Capsicum , the product was thought to be a ...
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Adobe New Mexico By Mason Sutherland With 28 illustrations in color from natural | xiii |
Laplands Reindeer Roundup 14 illustrations in color from naturalcolor photographs | xxvi |
New Discoveries on the MidAtlantic Ridge By Maurice Ewing With 23 illustrations | xxxix |
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