It was assumed that the plant was native to the Carolinas by the mid seventeenth century .
The Spanish brought the fruit into Florida in the sixteenth century and it was quickly adopted , even by those who had no interaction with Europeans .
Spanish was assumed that the plant was native to the Carolinas by the mid seventeenth century .
The Spanish brought the fruit into Florida in the sixteenth century and it was quickly adopted , even by those who had no interaction with Europeans .