Re: chicory

I wonder there the potato fits in all this pseudoscientific hand ringing about exotic plants. It is native to South America [Andes, desert side], but was taken to Europe and domesticated for a few hundred years before it was re-introduced to the New World as an important food crop.

On Tuesday, May 11, 2004, at 03:00 AM, Marge Talt wrote:

From: Andrea H <hodgesaa@earthlink.net>
I though plants like that were referred to as "naturalized."
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I believe they are, Andrea...but, still, like Jim, wonder just how
many centuries of naturalization before something is considered
'native'.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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