Saffron Meanwhile, cultivation continued in southern France, Italy, and Spain. The Essex town of Saffron Walden, named for its new specialty crop, emerged as a prime saffron growing and trading centre in the 16th and 17th centuries but cultivation there was abandoned; saffron was re-introduced around 2013 as well as other parts of the UK (Cheshire). Europeans introduced saffron to the Americas when immigrant members of the Schwenkfelder Church left Europe with a trunk containing its corms. Church members had grown it widely in Europe. By 1730, the Pennsylvania Dutch cultivated saffron throughout eastern Pennsylvania. Spanish colonies in the Caribbean bought
Walden Township, Pope County, Minnesota Walden Township, Pope County, Minnesota Walden Township is a township in Pope County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 201 at the 2000 census. According to Warren Upham, Walden Township was probably named after Walden Pond. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.6 square miles (92.2 km²), of which 32.9 square miles (85.1 km²) of it is land and 2.8 square miles (7.1 km²) of it (7.75%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 201 people, 67 households, and 54 families residing in the township. The population density was