To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] currant events
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 18:33:20 -0800
Clear and correct! I had that factoid hidden in my brain behind some boxes
- you jostled it right down. Thanks!
Stephen
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From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Bob Hartley
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 6:27 PM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] currant events
Currants are called currants because they look like Zante grapes which
were called currants because they were grown in Greece and shipped west
from Corinth. The word "currant" is a corruption of "Corinth". That clear?