HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -The Columbian Exchange was more evenhanded when it came to crops. The Americas’ farmers’ gifts to other continents included staples such as corn (maize), potatoes, cassava, and sweet potatoes, together with secondary food crops such as tomatoes, peanuts, pumpkins, squashes, pineapples, and chili peppers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Before Columbus, the Americas had plenty of domesticated plants. By the time Columbus had arrived, dozens of plants were in regular use, the most important of which were maize (corn), potatoes, cassava, and various beans and squashes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Maize (corn), potatoes, beans, and other New World crops, however, eventually flourished in Europe and spread to the rest of the Old World. Corn produces more food per acre than wheat or any crop imported to America from Europe.