Banana (1325-1354)

[Duane Campbell]

On Fri, 8 Feb 2002 01:48:34 EST Bapopik at AOL.COM writes:

> FOOD, pg. 54:
>    The first serious European contact with the fruit came not long
> after in 1402

Are you familiar with _Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World_ edited by
U.P. Hedrick? The Dover edition of 1972 is a reprint of a 1919 work. The
part on bananas is six pages and references over 60 earlier works. If you
haven't checked this book, Barry, it should be right up your alley.

D