HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
CLASSIFICATION OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS
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Question
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These vegetables are among the oldest of the vegetable garden plants grown for their leaves.
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leafy vegetables
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root crops
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The edible leaves of plants. Examples are spinach, lettuce, silverbeet, brussel sprouts, witloof, puha, bok choy, tat soi, tung ho, wong nga baak, cabbage, kale, cavolo nero, watercress, herbs, microgreens and salad greens.
Detailed explanation-2: -Leaf vegetables, also called potherbs, greens, vegetable greens, leafy greens or salad greens, are plant leaves eaten as a vegetable, sometimes accompanied by tender petioles and shoots.
Detailed explanation-3: -Leaf vegetables most often come from short lived herbaceous plants such as lettuce and spinach. Kale, collard greens, and Swiss chard are also examples.
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