Apios Priceana (Traveller’s Delight, Price’s Potato Bean) 31 Seed pods of the elusive yet spectacular Apios priceana. An endangered species, the authors hope that its survival will be ensured by its use. Once people start growing it domestically, it will be appreciated. It is exactly because it was underappreciated that it came to be such a rarity. Photo by Joseph Simcox. Short description and history of use Despite its delicious flavour and history of use on the North American continent, Apios priceana is listed by US authorities (US Fish and Wildlife Services) as an endangered species! The fact that such a wonderful vegetable was never cultivated and in fact is in peril of extinction certainly is bizarre. The reason for it being endangered is mostly due to the fact that its required natural habitat was destroyed and that no one was inspired to cultivate it. Apios priceana deserves greater attention. Like Dendroseris littoralis, Robinson Crusoe cabbage of the Juan Fernandez Islands in Chile, this plant is only endangered because of human neglect. Horticulturally speaking, it should be quite easy to get the plant multiplied quickly and within a few short years it Pagina 40
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