Excerpt from Vegetables for the Hot, Humid Tropics: Amaranth and Celosia, Amaranthus and Celosia F ew vegetables have traveled so far. Amaranths are now found throughout the Tropics and the Temperate Zone. Vegetable and grain varieties were introduced so quickly after the discovery of the new world that tracing the course of introduction is impossible. 'and amaranths continue to travel as new interest is expressed in them as vegetable and grain sources. Amaranth enters a region, thrives when cultivated, appears adapted, then frequently dies out from neglect. The process of introduction and trial is continuous. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.