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It Happened one day in the Garden of Eden:
 
"Adam! come here!  Taste this apple!  Look, I baked it into a tasty pastry
for you!"
 
I don't think that women were directly responsible for the cultivation of
wheat.
 
They didn't have the time (does that sound familiar?).  In between caring
for the babies, preparing the food, maintaining the site, clothing,
bedding, they may have practice horticulture....cultivating some plants
on a small plot of land.  Men had time for agriculture...doing the all
day farming when it had to be done:  preparing the field, sowing the
seed, scything the mature plants, threshing the grain.  This took long
blocks of time that women probably didn't have.
 
On the other hand, it surely was a woman who first looked over into the
garbage dump to notice that where they had been dumping the remains of
the meals, selected plants were sprouting.  Or maybe a kid.
 
Interesting article.
 
Bec
 
Who remembers that tidbit of history because of this phrase:
 
"You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think."