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Oats are descended from A. Sterilis, a wild oat that spread as a weed of wheat and barley from the Fertile Crescent to Europe.
In the wetter, colder conditions of Europe, in which oats thrive, it was domesticated about 3000 years ago, and soon became an important cereal in its own right on the cooler fringes of Europe.
By the beginning of the seventh century oats were extensively established in Western Europe as a grain and forage crop and by 1024 oats had become an important crop in the British Isles.
Oats were brought to North America from two parts of Europe. They were introduced by the Spain into the southern part of North America, and into the northern part of the continent by the English and North European.
Oats were first planted in the United States on Cuttyhunk, an island of the Massachusetts coast, in 1602.
Oats are chiefly a European and North American crop. These areas have the cool, moist climate to which oats are best adapted. Russia, Canada, the United States, Finland, and Poland are the leading oat producing countries.
In 1753 Carl Linnaeus described four oat species Avena sterilis, A. fatwa, A. sativa and A. nuda. He classified oats as wild or cultivated and among the cultivated oats he differentiated only the covered from the naked.
During the 1940s and 1950s, the five leading states in production usually were Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, and South Dakota. By the 1960's, the main oat producing area began moving somewhat north and westward.
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History of Avena sativa
Oats are descended from A. Sterilis, a wild oat that spread as a weed of wheat and barley from the Fertile Crescent to Europe.
In the wetter, colder conditions of Europe, in which oats thrive, it was domesticated about 3000 years ago, and soon became an important cereal in its own right on the cooler fringes of Europe.
By the beginning of the seventh century oats were extensively established in Western Europe as a grain and forage crop and by 1024 oats had become an important crop in the British Isles.
Oats were brought to North America from two parts of Europe. They were introduced by the Spain into the southern part of North America, and into the northern part of the continent by the English and North European.
Oats were first planted in the United States on Cuttyhunk, an island of the Massachusetts coast, in 1602.
Oats are chiefly a European and North American crop. These areas have the cool, moist climate to which oats are best adapted. Russia, Canada, the United States, Finland, and Poland are the leading oat producing countries.
In 1753 Carl Linnaeus described four oat species Avena sterilis, A. fatwa, A. sativa and A. nuda. He classified oats as wild or cultivated and among the cultivated oats he differentiated only the covered from the naked.
During the 1940s and 1950s, the five leading states in production usually were Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, and South Dakota. By the 1960's, the main oat producing area began moving somewhat north and westward.
History of Avena sativa
- The Great Power Of Spain In The 16th Century
By middle of the sixteenth century Spain was the greatest power in Europe. It was Spain golden age. The dominions of Philip II (1556 – 98) of Spain stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific: his continental territories included the Netherlands in the...
- Wheat In History
Wheat is an ancient grain. Thought to have originated in southwestern Asia, it has been consumed as a food for more than 12,000 years. Wild grasses resembling wheat in various degrees have been found in many parts of the world. On southwestern Europe...
- History Of Opium
Alcohol may have been the most frequently consumed drug history, but the most effective medicinal drug available before the dawn of the twentieth century was opium obtained from the poppy, Papaver somniferum L. – one of the oldest cultivated species...
- Ancient Hot Cereal
Beginning about 4000 BC, hot cereal was a favorite meal of the Incas, who inhabited South American’s west coast. Cook used quihuicha, a species of amaranth, to make a traditional meal. Amaranth actually was an ancient grain eaten for centuries in central...
- Blueberries During Ancient Times
Native to many parts of the work, especially in the Northern Hemisphere, including North America, Europe, and Asia, blueberries have been consumed by man apparently since prehistoric times. This berry has several names – whortleberry, bilberry, hurtleberry...