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[Marilyn Traber]

That's why I could concieve of them being called a virginia tuber. It is
one of the few things I remember from the tour of jamestown when I lived
in va and did the tourist thang...
margali

Bear said:
Gerard was describing Solanum tuberosum (the white potato) which he
called
Batata virginian sive Virginianorum et Pappus.  Considering the naming
convention, Gerard was either aware of the Spanish literature on
potatoes or
was relating it to Ipomoea batatas, the sweet potato, or both.

Not much was done with potatoes in the Colonies until the 18th Century,
but
the Jerusalem artichoke was one of the chief survival foods for the
Jamestown colony.

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