Name 
Date 
Grig in 
Cauliflower 
B 
Western Asia. 
Celeriac 
C 
Europe. 
Celery 
B 
Temperate and southern Europe, 
northern Africa, western Asia. 
Chives 
C (?) 
Temperate and northern Europe, 
Siberia, Kamchatka, North 
America (Lake Huron). 
Corn 
D 
Mexico (?), Colombia (?), America. 
Cress — garden 
B 
Persia (?). 
Cress— water 
B 
Europe, northern Asia. 
Cucumber 
A 
India. 
Dandelion 
C 
Europe and Asia. 
Egg plant 
A 
India. 
Endive 
C 
Mediterranean region, Caucasus, 
Turkestan. 
Garlic 
B 
Desert of the Kirghis in western 
temperate Asia. 
Horse-radish 
C 
Eastern temperate Europe (Hungary) . 
Kale 
Europe. 
Kohl-rabi 
Europe. 
Leek 
B 
Mediterrenean region. 
Lentil 
A 
Western temperate Asia, Greee, Italy. 
Lettuce 
B 
Southern Europe, northern Africa, 
western Asia. 
Mushroom 
C 
Northern hemisphere. 
Okra 
C 
Tropical Africa. 
Onion 
A 
Persia, Afghanistan, Beluchistan, 
Palestine (?). 
Onion (Welsh) 
C 
Siberia — from the land of the Kirghis 
to Lake Baikal. 
Parsnip 
C 
Central and southern Europe. 
Parsley 
C 
Southern Europe, Algeria, Lebanon. 
Pea (garden) 
B 
From the south of the Caucasus to 
Persia (?), northern India (?), 
Europe (?). 
Pepper (red) 
E 
Brazil (?). 
Potato 
E 
Chile, Peru (?). 
Potato (sweet) 
D 
Tropical America. 
Pumpkin 
E 
Temperate North America. 
Radish 
B 
Temperate Asia. 
(Note.— Mentioned in Chinese book 1100 
B. C. Original habitat may be China or 
Western Asia.) 
Rhubarb 
C 
Europe, Asia, Volga River. 
Rutabaga 
Europe. 
Salsify 
C (?) 
Southeastern Europe, Algeria. 
Spinach 
c 
Persia (?). 
Squash 
E 
Temperate North America. 
Tomato 
C 
Peru. 
Turnip 
A 
Europe, Western Siberia. 
Yams 
B (?) 
Old World, South Pacific Islands. 
Orland E. White. 
