HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -74 percent of all U.S. households participated in lawn and garden activities in 2016, according to a National Gardening Marketing research study. Baseball may be the nation’s unofficial pastime, but gardening continues to make gains.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is an art of production, utilisation and improvement of horticultural crops, such as fruits and vegetables, spices and condiments, ornamental, plantation, medicinal and aromatic plants.

Detailed explanation-3: -The history of horticulture is traced as it gradually developed independent of agriculture, into the sophisticated art and science that it is today. The separation of horticulture from agriculture as a distinct activity is usually dated from the Middle Ages in Europe.

Detailed explanation-4: -Olericulture: the production of vegetables. Pomology, also called fruticulture: the production of fruits and nuts. Viticulture: the production of grapes (largely intended for winemaking). Floriculture: the production of flowering and ornamental plants. More items