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This concludes the 16th century. The next wave of vegetable borrowings from Italian came much later. The earliest attested use of ''“szparag”'' (asparagus, from the archaic Italian ''“sparago”'') appears in a dictionary from 1605; ''“seler”'' (celery, from the dialectal Italian ''“sellero”'') is found in a 1656 epigram by Wacław Potocki; ''“kaulifior”'' (cauliflower, from Italian ''“cavolfiore”'', literally “cabbage flower”) is recorded in a dictionary from 1680; while ''“brochuł”'' (broccoli, from Italian ''“broccolo”'') and ''“kaulerapa”'' (kohlrabi, from Italian ''“cavolo rapa”'', literally “cabbage turnip”) feature in Stanisław Czerniecki’s ''Compendium Ferculorum'' from 1682. As for the Polish term for tomato – ''“pomidor”'' – it didn't spread into Polish until the 19th century.

[[File:Włoszczyzna.png|thumb|Bundles of ''włoszczyzna'' (literally, ``Italian stuff"), or soup vegetables, as they are commonly sold in Poland, including: carrots, parsley (root and leaves), celeriac (celery root) and leek.]]

[[File:Włoszczyzna.png|thumb|Bundles of ''włoszczyzna'' (literally, ``Italian stuff"), or soup vegetables, as they are commonly sold in Poland, including: carrots, parsley (root and leaves), celeriac (celery root) and leek.]] It would seem, then, that if any vegetables became widespread in Poland during Queen Bona’s time, they may have included lettuce, leeks, beans and possibly artichokes. Of these, only the leek forms part of the standard Polish set of soup vegetables – known collectively as ''włoszczyzna''. Yet in this case, it was only the name that was imported from Italy, supplanting an older Slavic term for a vegetable that was already familiar in Poland.

It would seem, then, that if any vegetables became widespread in Poland during Queen Bona’s time, they may have included lettuce, leeks, beans and possibly artichokes. Of these, only the leek forms part of the standard Polish set of soup vegetables ~~used for making broth~~ – known collectively as ''włoszczyzna''. Yet in this case, it was only the name that was imported from Italy, supplanting an older Slavic term for a vegetable that was already familiar in Poland.

In any case, the mere fact that certain vegetables began to be cultivated and consumed in Poland around Bona’s time does not necessarily mean that their arrival on the banks of the Vistula was due to her personal influence. Polish-Italian ties had existed long before Bona and would continue after her return to Bari. Her arrival in Cracow may well have been, at least in part, a reflection of the broader vogue for Italian culture. Sigismund I already had Italian garments, Italian furniture, Italian court artists and musicians, a palace in the Italian style – so it was only natural that he should also take an Italian wife.

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 This concludes the 16th century. The next wave of vegetable borrowings from Italian came much later. The earliest attested use of ''“szparag”'' (asparagus, from the archaic Italian ''“sparago”'') appears in a dictionary from 1605; ''“seler”'' (celery, from the dialectal Italian ''“sellero”'') is found in a 1656 epigram by Wacław Potocki; ''“kaulifior”'' (cauliflower, from Italian ''“cavolfiore”'', literally “cabbage flower”) is recorded in a dictionary from 1680; while ''“brochuł”'' (broccoli, from Italian ''“broccolo”'') and ''“kaulerapa”'' (kohlrabi, from Italian ''“cavolo rapa”'', literally “cabbage turnip”) feature in Stanisław Czerniecki’s ''Compendium Ferculorum'' from 1682. As for the Polish term for tomato – ''“pomidor”'' – it didn't spread into Polish until the 19th century.
-[[File:Włoszczyzna.png|thumb|Bundles of ''włoszczyzna'' (literally, ``Italian stuff"), or soup vegetables, as they are commonly sold in Poland, including: carrots, parsley (root and leaves), celeriac (celery root) and leek.]]
+[[File:Włoszczyzna.png|thumb|Bundles of ''włoszczyzna'' (literally, ``Italian stuff"), or soup vegetables, as they are commonly sold in Poland, including: carrots, parsley (root and leaves), celeriac (celery root) and leek.]] It would seem, then, that if any vegetables became widespread in Poland during Queen Bona’s time, they may have included lettuce, leeks, beans and possibly artichokes. Of these, only the leek forms part of the standard Polish set of soup vegetables – known collectively as ''włoszczyzna''. Yet in this case, it was only the name that was imported from Italy, supplanting an older Slavic term for a vegetable that was already familiar in Poland.
-It would seem, then, that if any vegetables became widespread in Poland during Queen Bona’s time, they may have included lettuce, leeks, beans and possibly artichokes. Of these, only the leek forms part of the standard Polish set of soup vegetables used for making broth – known collectively as ''włoszczyzna''. Yet in this case, it was only the name that was imported from Italy, supplanting an older Slavic term for a vegetable that was already familiar in Poland.
 In any case, the mere fact that certain vegetables began to be cultivated and consumed in Poland around Bona’s time does not necessarily mean that their arrival on the banks of the Vistula was due to her personal influence. Polish-Italian ties had existed long before Bona and would continue after her return to Bari. Her arrival in Cracow may well have been, at least in part, a reflection of the broader vogue for Italian culture. Sigismund I already had Italian garments, Italian furniture, Italian court artists and musicians, a palace in the Italian style – so it was only natural that he should also take an Italian wife.