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The fruits and spices of the Bahamas are very numerous, the fruit. equalling any in the world. The produce of the islands includes tamarinds, olives, oranges, lemons, limes, citrons, pomegranates,. pine-apples, figs, sapodillas, bananas, sour-sops, melons, yams,, potatoes, gourds, cucumbers, pepper, cassava, prickly pears, sugar-cane, ginger, coffee, indigo, Guinea corn and pease (sic). Tobacco and cascarilla bark also flourish; and cotton is indigenous and was woven into cloth by the aborigines. But although oranges, pine-apples and some other fruits form important articles of commerce, it is only rarely that systematic and thorough methods of cultivation are prosecuted. |
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This girl has asked what fruits are native to the Bahamas not what has been imported to the Bahamas. Bananas were brought over by some of the early explorers to trade with various Indian tribes. Funny tidbit of information is the Indians actually enjoyed eating the Banana peel more than the banana fruit when first introduced to it.
I’m not an expert, but many Indian tribes staple diet consisted of Corn, Tomatoes, Potatoes, Peppers, Peanuts, and Manioc(Cassava). It would be my guess that in the Bahamas they had Tomatoes, Peppers, Peanuts and Manioc at least as a staple diet.
People in the Bahamas wouldn’t have had any Rice, Grains, Greens, Soybeans, or Bananas those where all fruits that only existed in the old world, and wouldn’t be seen in the New World until after English settlers arrived. |
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