Though not the Plum Fuss, one name for the War of the Bavarian Succession comes from this crop due to the constant food shortages for troops. Its cultivation was championed by Antoine Parmentier. This crop was sponsored by Marie Antoinette as a way to improve yields on small acreages of land. Possibly introduced to Europe v
Though not the Plum Fuss, one name for the War of the Bavarian Succession comes from this crop due to the constant food shortages for troops. Its cultivation was championed by Antoine Parmentier. This crop was sponsored by Marie Antoinette as a way to improve yields on small acreages of land. Possibly introduced to Europe via the Americas and the Canary Islands, this crop experienced a disease that caused a mass (*) emigration to the United States from Ireland in the nineteenth century. For 10 points, name this tuber, the namesake of a disastrous famine.
Though not the Plum Fuss, one name for the War of the Bavarian Succession comes from this crop due to the constant food shortages for troops.
potato