Horticulture: Vegetable - Fruit Lab
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What is Olericulture
The study of vegetable production
What are the top 5 principal vegetable crops in the US?
Tomato Lettuce Head Lettuce Romaine Sweet Corn Onions
What crop is missing from the list that is important and typically listed separately in USDA statistic tables?
Potatoes
What are the edible parts of the following monocots? Asparagus Chives Garlic Leek Onion Pop corn Sweet Corn Water Chestnut
Asparagus -Stem Chives - Leaves Garlic - Bulb Leek - Leaf base Onion - Bulb Pop corn - Mature fruit Sweet Corn - Immature Fruit Water Chestnut - Corm
What Dicots have edible Roots
Beet Carrot Horseradish Parsnip Radish Rutabaga Sweet potato Turnip
What Dicots have edible Leaves
Beet Cabbage Lettuce Mustard greens Parsley Rhubarb Spinach Swiss Chard Turnup
What Dicots have edible Seed/fruit
Celery Cucumber Eggplant Okra Pepper Squash Tomato Pumpkin Pea Snap bean Pinto bean Lima bean Navy bean
What Dicots have edible miscellaneous
Broccoli - Inflorescence Cauliflower - Inflorescence Brussels sprouts - Axillary buds Celery - Petiole Potato - Tuber Rhubarb - Petiole
Common plants in the Alliaceae family
Garlic - Chive - Leeks - Onion - Stems
Common plants in the Liliaceae family
Asparagus
Common plants in the Brassicaceae family
bok choi Broccoli Brussels sprouts Cabbage Cauliflower Horse radish Turnip Watercress
Common plants in the Chenopodiaceae family
Beet Chard Quinoa Spinach Sugar Beet Beet
Common plants in the Asteraceae family
Chamomile Artichoke Sunflower Lettuce
Common plants in the Cucurbitaceae family
Cucumber Melons Squash
Common plants in the Fabaceae family
Beans
Common plants in the Solanaceae family
Egg plant Peppers Paprika Potato Tobacco Tomato
Common plants in the Umbellifereae family
Carrot Celery Dill Cumin Fennel Parsley Parsnip
Common plants in the Poaceae family
Corn/maize Oats Wheat
Common plants in the Convolvulaceae family
Sweet potato
Which botanical families appears to be the most important?
Solanaceae Family (Potatoes) Asteraceae Family (lettuce) Poaceae Family (Grass) Alliaceae Family (Onion/ Allium)
In what other ways are plants categorized?
Harvest timing Life cycle Climatic adaption Days to maturity/growing season
What does it mean for a plant to be categorized by harvest timing?
Many vegetables grown primarily for processing are determinant types
What does it mean for a plant to be categorized by Life Cycle?
Annual Biennial Perennial
What does it mean for a plant to be categorized by Climatic adaption?
By temperature preferences Based on the temps that certain plants require for optimum growth Cool season - below 65 Warm season - above 70