Celery belongs to the carrot-parsley-parsnip family. First recorded as a plant in France in 1623, this leaf-topped stalk made its auspicious North American debut in Kalamazoo, Mich., when seeds were brought from Scotland in the 1850s.
SOURCES: WHFoods.org, FruitsandVeggiesMatter.gov
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