[Northkeep] period fruit

Miriam Cook zahavabathannah at yahoo.com
Thu Aug 30 14:04:32 PDT 2001


And of course, don't forget the Pomegranate! A very
very popular fruit from the Med!
Zahava (who is quite partial to the pomegranate)

<<snip>>
But in all cases I would think it more rare than
> grapes/apples/currant/gooseberry/pears/date
> plum/figs which all are native
> to the European/Mediterranean



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> The pineapple is native to southern Brazil and
> Paraguay where wild relatives
> occur. It was spread by the Indians up through South
> and Central America to
> the West Indies before Columbus arrived. In 1493
> Columbus found the fruit on
> the island of Guadaloupe and carried it back to
> Spain and it was spread
> around the world on sailing ships that carried it
> for protection against
> scurvy. The Spanish introduced it into the
> Philippines and may have taken it
> to Hawaii and Guam early in the 16th Century. The
> pineapple reached England
> in 1660 and began to be grown in greenhouses for its
> fruit around 1720.
>
> The capulin cherry is native and common throughout
> the Valley of Mexico from
> Sonora to Chiapas and Veracruz and possibly western
> Guatemala. It has been
> cultivated since early times and is extensively
> naturalized in Central
> America and over much of western South America.
> Today it is cultivated in
> the Andes more than in its northern homeland and at
> harvest the fruits are
> abundantly available in Andean markets. The tree was
> introduced into
> California sometime after the mid-1920s.
>
> The Common Cherry (bing and related) appears to have
> its origins in the
> Central Asiatic area.
>
> And the Orange in the Southeast Asiatics.
>
> So the Answer is....
>
> Pineapple is yes but only late period.
> Cherry/Orange yes if there is some form of trade
> with the location with the
> Asiatic's.
>
> But in all cases I would think it more rare than
> grapes/apples/currant/gooseberry/pears/date
> plum/figs which all are native
> to the European/Mediterranean
>
>
>
> Derek Wilson
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lady Julienne de Lion
> [mailto:ladyjulienne at hotmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 2:29 PM
> To: Northkeep at ansteorra.org
> Subject: [Northkeep] period fruit
>
> could someone tell my if cherries, pineapples, or
> oranges were period in any
> country? (period being all the way to 1600)
> thanks!
>
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