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poulpy123
9 months ago
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America lost the chestnut, its "perfect tree"
The potato blight of the Irish famine came from south America, and the phylloxera that destroyed the french wine at the beginning of the 20th century came from north America.
Amezarak
9 months ago
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Potatoes themselves came from South America, so I don't know if that should really count.
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