Brooklyn Botanic Garden in Kings County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Potato

Solanum tuberosum

— Origin: South America, Central America 🥔 —

Potato Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 13, 2022

1. Potato Marker

Inscription. More than 7,000 years ago, people living in the Andes Mountains began cultivating the potato, eventually growing thousands of different kinds. Along the way they also developed chuño, potatoes preserved by freeze-drying, for use during food shortages or when traveling. It is still made today in Peru and Bolivia.

Erected by Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Indigenous Peoples and Communities.

Location. 40° 39.909′ N, 73° 57.802′ W. Marker is in Brooklyn, New York, in Kings County. It is in Brooklyn Botanic Garden. It can be reached from Flatbush Avenue 0.1 miles north of Empire Boulevard, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 455 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn NY 11225, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in New York City

and on Long Island.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

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the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Americas (here, next to this marker); Cucumber (here, next to this marker); A Fruitful Harvest (a few steps from this marker); Teff (a few steps from this marker); East Asia and South Asia / Pacific and Southeast Asia (a few steps from this marker); Sub-Saharan Africa / Fertile Crescent (a few steps from this marker); The Tradition of Espalier (a few steps from this marker); Mediterranean (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Brooklyn.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 13, 2022

2. Potato Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 16, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 159 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 16, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.