Seeds of an Era Long Gone

(NYTimes) ... “Who was the person who stuck the grapevine cuttings in their rawhide pack on a burro?” he wondered in a recent phone call. “Who wrapped them up in wet gunnysack or wrapped them up in leather for a voyage to the New World? And who unwrapped them here?” Though the legacy of these early agriculturists was profound, Mr. Sortomme said, “They’re phantoms. Those people are all lost to history.” Continued