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[Reia M. Chmielowski]

At 15:13 1/5/99 , you wrote:

>Limes were cultivated in the Indus Valley about 4000 BC and in China around
>700.  So the question is, when did they get to Europe?  Unfortunately, I
>don't have any other sources handy to cross reference.

According to _The Visual Food Encyclopedia_ published by Macmillan USA 1996
  ISBN 0 -02-861006-7

"The lime tree was brought to France and Italy by the Crusaders in the 13th
Century."  It doesn't happen to cite its source, but then encyclopedias
often don't within articles...  

- --Kareina

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