P.M. Hawkes, a contemporary British agronomist, said in his History of Potato Improvement that potato was introduced to India in the 17th century and to China a little earlier. From the above, it can be determined that the time of potato introduction to middle earth is not later than that in Europe. Japanese potatoes were brought to Nagasaki Port by the Dutch on 1598, and the introduction time of China potatoes will never be later than that of Japan or even some European countries.
Potatoes are native to the Andes and the coastal mountains of Chile, and are used as the main food by local Indians. /kloc-0 was introduced to Europe by Spanish sailors in 536, potatoes were introduced to England and Ireland in 565, and/kloc-0 was introduced to France by pharmacist Farmanche in 785. For a long time, it was regarded as a strange flower and grass, and even as a symbol of fashion and nobility in France at that time, because the French queen wore her flowers on her head for decoration.
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Potatoes are native to the Andes in South America, and the history of artificial cultivation can be traced back to the southern part of Peru from 8000 to 5000 BC. Lake Titicaca in the Andes, 3800 meters above sea level, may be the earliest place to cultivate potatoes.
About 7000 years ago, an Indian tribe migrated from the east to the alpine Andes, camped near Lake Titicaca, and made a living by hunting and gathering. They were the first to find and eat wild potatoes.
The most important potato cultivar is tetraploid. Tetraploid cultivated potato spread all over the world. At first, it was introduced from Colombia in South America to Spain in Europe in 1570, and it became a long-day type through artificial selection.
In the mid-16th century, potatoes were brought to Europe from South America by a Spanish colonist. At that time, people always appreciated the beauty of its flowers and regarded it as an ornament.
1586 In the Caribbean, the British defeated the Spanish, collected seeds of tobacco and other plants from South America, and brought potatoes to Britain. The climate in Britain is suitable for the growth of potatoes, with higher yield than other cereals and easy management.
Later, a French agronomist, Ann Obamanqi, discovered through long-term observation and personal practice that potatoes can not only be eaten, but also be made into bread. Since then, French farmers have begun to grow potatoes on a large scale.
1650 Potato has become the main food crop in Ireland and has been popularized in Europe.
/kloc-In the 0/7th century, potato has become an important food crop in Europe and has spread to China. Because potato is very suitable for growing in the cold area where the original grain yield is extremely low and only naked oats can be grown, it quickly spread in Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi and northwestern Shaanxi. Potato, corn, sweet potato and other high-yield crops introduced from America have become the main food of the poor class, which has played a role in maintaining the rapid increase of China's population.
17 19 was brought back to the United States by Irish immigrants and began to grow in the United States.
In the early 18th century, when Peter the Great traveled to Europe, he bought a bag of potatoes with a large sum of money, planted them in the palace garden, and then gradually developed into folk cultivation.
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