SC - Fw: [TY] Fruits From 'New World'

[Decker, Terry D.]

> << John Evelyn says in his Diary (9 August 1661): "The famous Queen Pine
>  brought from Barbados ....
>   >>
> Question 1:  Remembering that CNN is a modern innovation, and mass 
> communication, well, wasn't, who was John Evelyn, and was he in a position
> to 
> KNOW, for certain sure, that the one he reports on in his diary for that
> day 
> WAS the first one?  Random knowledge, especially before the last century
> or 
> so, was possible.  
> 
> 
> Walk in peace,
> Wolfmother
> 
John Evelyn (1620 -1706) was an author and diarist and a founder of the
Royal Society.  He wrote on a number of subjects including reforestation and
natural science.  His diary, originally published in 1818, is a primary
source for historians researching the 17th Century.

Bear
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