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have become one of the state’s principal money crops.
The sweet potato
On his arrival in the New World in 1492, Columbus found many new horticultural wonders, among them the sweet potato.
Although the sweet potato was cultivated long before in South America by Indians, it was not cultivated in North America until after 1600.
In Virginia, the sweet potato was grown as early as 1648. By the latter
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