The forests surrounding Almaty (formally Alma-ala) Kazakhstan, is where apple trees originated. Continue reading
Category: Crops
Potato Cultivation in Peru and Bolivia
Andean farmers began potato cultivation circa 200 BCE, in and around Peru and Bolivia. Continue reading
Peach Cultivation in China
The Chinese took native wild peach trees and started to cultivation them circa 2000 BCE. Continue reading
Pear Orchards in China?
The Chinese may have been picking pears since circa 2100 BCE, Continue reading
Peaches in the New World
By the late 1500s, Mexico was growing peaches that were brought by the Spanish Conquistadors in the 16th Century. Continue reading
Cultivation of Bananas
It is uncertain the origin of banana cultivation. But historical records show Continue reading
Cultivation of the Pineapple
In the beginning of the 1st Century there is evidence of Pineapple Cultivation around the Caribbean Islands and the northern Coast of South America. Continue reading
Cocoa Cultivation in Central America
In the highlands of Central America circa 2000 BCE and before there was the Toltec people or the Maya people, the cocoa beans cultivated, picked, roasted and made into ceremonial drinks… Hot Cocoa people. Continue reading
Olive Cultivation in Crete
The Cretes were Cultivating Olives since the mid 4th Century BCE, now present day Greece. Continue reading
Tomatoes in the Old World
Returning from Mexico to Spain, Conquistadors brought back seeds of tomatoes in the 16th Century. Continue reading