New World crops

New World crops

The phrase "New World Crops" is usually used to describe crops that were native to North and South America before 1492 and not found anywhere else in the world at that time. Many of these crops have since come to be grown around the world and have often become an integral part of various cultures' cuisines.

Contents

Examples

Table of Ancient New World Crops[1]
Cereals Maize (corn), maygrass, little barley, wild rice
Pseudocereals amaranth, goosefoot (quinoa), knotweed, sunflower
Pulses Common bean, tepary bean, scarlet runner bean, lima bean, and peanut
Fiber yucca and agave
Roots and Tubers Jicama, manioc (cassava), potato, sweet potato, oca, mashua, ulluco, arrowroot, yacon, Camas root, leren, and peanuts
Fruits Tomato, pepper, avocado, blueberries, cranberries, huckleberries, cherimoya, papaya, pawpaw, passionfruit, tomatillo, pineapple
Melons Squashes
Meat and poultry turkey, bison, coypu, muscovy duck, guinea pig, llama
Nuts hickory, black walnuts, pecans, shagbark hickory
Other Chocolate, canna, tobacco, chicle (key ingredient in chewing gum), rubber, maple syrup, vanilla

Agriculture

The new world developed agriculture much later than the fertile crescent. The following tables illustrate the crops that were grown and the chronology of domestication.

Timeline of New World Crop Cultivation[2]
Date Crops Location
7000BC Maize Central America
5000BC Cotton Mexico
4800BC Squash
Peppers
Avocados
Amaranth
Mexico
4000BC Maize
Common Bean
Central America
4000BC Peanut South America
3000BC Potato Peru
2000BC Sunflowers
Beans

See also

References

  1. ^ Diamond, Jared. Guns, Germs and Steel, W. W. Norton & Company, 1999, p. 126.
  2. ^ Gardening History Timeline: From Ancient Times to the 20th Century

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