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Article: Looking back ... at lettuce.
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- Daily Press (Newport News, VA)
- Article date:
- July 6, 2006
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Byline: Kathy Van Mullekom
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. _ Meals back in the days of Gen. George Washington consisted of more than just meat, bread and potatoes.
There was a fondness for greens during the 18th century. Each morning, Washington ordered his regimental officer to gather leafy plants growing near the camp and distribute them among the men.
Wesley Greene, a garden historian with Colonial Williamsburg in southeastern Virginia, likes to share that bit of information when he tells visitors about the heirloom lettuces growing in the demonstration Colonial Nursery on Duke of Gloucester Street.
"Virginians have long been fond of lettuce," ...