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Vanilla-its botany, history, cultivation and economic import

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From the secretly prepared chocolate-flavoring condiment oi the Aztec emperor, Montezuma, to the ice cream-flavoring ingredient oi today, vanilla has tor tour centuries been an important item in the spice trade of the world. Originally Mexican, about 90% oi the world’s 1,000 annual metric tons oi vanilla “beans” come from Mada’gascar, nearly 50% oi which are consumed in the United States.

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A revision of the writer’s paper published in LIoydia 7: 236-264. 1944. Figures 2, 4 through 17, 28, and 34 through 39, by courtesy of McCormick and Company; figures 18 through 27, photographs by Garcia; figures 29 through 33, taken from Childers and Cibes (1948).

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Correll, D.S. Vanilla-its botany, history, cultivation and economic import. Econ Bot 7, 291–358 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02930810

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