SC - Peppers?

[Huette von Ahrens]

Thank you!
 
> There is not a lot readily available on the subject.  Most food histories
> tend to date the arrival of capsicums in Eastern Europe to 1526, coinciding
> with the Ottoman conquest of most of Hungary, however the actually date of
> introduction could be anytime up to around 1621, when the Turks were pushed
> out.
> 
> The earliest published reference from the area can be found in Leonhard
> Fuchs' Primi de Stirpirum published in Basil in 1545.  Fuchs was a physician
> and naturalist who was living in Tübingen (south of Stuttgart on the Neckar
> River).  There are three plates on pages 425-427, 1) Capsicon rubeum &
> nigrum - Roter und brauner Calcutischer Pfeffer, 2) Capsicum oblongius -
> Langer Indianische Pfeffer, and 3) Capsicon latum - Breyter Indianische
> Pfeffer.  Fuchs appears to have been familiar with the plants, but confused
> about their origins.
> 
> The fact that Fuchs very carefully and correctly pictures the capsicum
> plants suggests that they were available to him and that the 1526 date for
> the introduction of the plant into Eastern Europe may be correct.  
> 
> If you are interested, Fuchs' work has been webbed at:
> 
> http://www.med.yale.edu/library/historical/fuchs/
> 
> 
> Capsicums were also reported as being grown in a monastary garden in Brno,
> Moravia in 1566, but I haven't found the source of the report.
> 
> Bear


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