Common Names 
Scientific Name 
Date 
Origin 
Onion 
A Ilium Cepa L. 
A 
Persia, Central Asia. 
Onion (Welsh) 
Allium fistulosum L. 
C 
Siberia .Kirghis desert 
region to Lake Bai- 
kal. 
Parsley 
Petroselinum Ilortensc Hoffin. 
C 
Southern Europe, Al- 
geria. Lebanon. 
Parsnip 
Pastmaca saliva L. 
C(?) 
Central and Southern 
Europe. 
Pea (garden) 
Pisum sativum L. 
A 
Western and Central 
Asia. Southern 
Europe, North In- 
dia( ?). 
Pea (wrinkled garden) 
Pisum sativum L. 
F 
England ( ?). 
Pea (edible podded) 
Pisum sativum var. saccharatum 
Hort. 
C 
Holland, etc. 
Pepper (red) 
Capsicum annuum L. 
E 
Brazil, Western South 
America. 
Potat* 
Solatium tuberosum L. 
E 
Chile, Peru. 
Potato (sweet) 
Ipomoca Batatas Poir. 
D 
Tropical America. 
Pumpkin 
Curcurbita pepo L. 
E 
Sub tropical and trop- 
ical America. 
Radish 
Raphanus sativus L. 
B 
Temperate Asia. 
Radish (Japanese 
R. sativus L. 
(?) 
Japan, China. 
Giant or Daikon) 
Rhubarb 
Rheum Rhaponticum L. 
C 
Desert and sub-alpine 
regions of Southern 
Siberia, Volga River. 
Rutabaga 
Brassica olcracea var. Napo-Bras- 
sica L. 
C 
Europe. 
Salsify or Oyster 
plant 
Tragopogon porrifolius L. 
C(?) 
Southeastern Europe 
or Algeria. 
Spinach 
Spinacea olcracea L. 
c 
Persia, S. W. Asia. 
Spinach (New 
Tetragonia expansa Thumb. 
F 
New Zealand. 
Zealand 
Squash (winter) 
Cucurbita maxima Duch. E or D 
Tropical America. 
Squash (summer) 
Cucurbita Pepo L. 
E 
Temperate or tropical 
America. 
Tomato 
Lycopcrsicum esculent uni Mill. 
F 
Peru. 
Tomato (currant or 
L. pimpinellif olium Dumal 
F 
South America. 
raisin) 
Turnip 
Brassica Rapa L. 
A 
Europe. 
Yams 
Several sp. including Dioscorea 
Southeastern Asia, 
alata L. and D. Batatas Decne. 
B(?) 
Africa and South 
Pacific Islands. 
Orland E. White. 
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