Vegetables

Published February 1994 United States Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research Service Office for Small-Scale Agriculture Easy to plant and care for, asparagus comes back every year(with minimal labor except for harvesting.

Small Farm Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 By Gary Hickman and Mick Canevari University of California Farm Advisors, San Joaquin County California is noted for its culture of many of the nation's foods. One that is relatively unique to our state is the fava bean (Vicia fabaL.).

ABS Extension, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 Hunter Johnson, Jr., Extension Vegetable Specialist University of California Riverside Jicama (pronounced he'-cama) is a tropical legume which produces an edible fleshy taproot.

Published September 1987 United States Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research Service Office for Small-Scale Agriculture Shiitake (pronounced "shee-tah-kee" and spelled the same whether singular or plural) are said to be the favorite mushroom in Japan.

October 1994 USDA Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research Service Office for Small-Scale Agriculture The pumpkin reigns as king of the vegetables. The pumpkin was already a staple in the American diet long before the first Thanksgiving feast at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts, in 1621.

June 1992 United States Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research Service Office for Small-Scale Agriculture Five hundred years ago, Columbus was one of the first Europeans to set eyes on maize-foundation of most great Western Hemisphere civilizations, including those of the Incas, Mayans...

January 1992 USDA Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research Service Office for Small-Scale Agriculture The potato. one of the most important food crops, came under cultivation by South American "Indians" more than 2.000 years ago.

Published February 1988 United States Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research Service Office for Small-Scale Agriculture There is a growing demand for Latin and other 'ethnic' vegetables in most of the larger cities such as Chicago, Miami, and New York.