grain-cultivation

Updated: July 31, 2026

In this region of its distribution Greek and Roman legends betray the belief that grain-cultivation came late, and superseded a staple diet of tree produce, chestnut, walnut, filbert, and acorn. And when the 'nobler grasses' came, it was barley and red wheat that predominated, as indeed they predominate still. But this is only one part of the distribution of the garden-culture.

- The Unity of Western Civilization