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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454834703321

Autore

Munro Derek B

Titolo

Vegetables of Canada [[electronic resource] /] / Derek B. Munro and Ernest Small

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ottawa, Ont., : NRC Research Press, c1997

ISBN

9786610451999

1-4593-0320-2

0-585-08788-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (436 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SmallErnest <1940->

Disciplina

635.0971

635/.0971

Soggetti

Vegetables - Canada

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Issued also in French under title: Les légumes du Canada.

Issued by the National Research Council Canada.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover page; Publishing information; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Common name guide to the vegetalbes of Canada discussed in detail; Scientific name guide to the vegetables of Canada discussed in detail; Abstract; Rémusé; Preface; Medicinal Warning; Acknowledgments; Sources of illustrations; Introduction; The vegetable economy of Canada; Plant classification and plant names; Detailed information on vegetables of Canada (alphabetized by genus, from Abelmoschrus to Zea; Bibliography; Index of English names; Index of French names; Index of Scentific (Latin) names

Index of Asian language names

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a comprehensive, extensively illustrated, practical reference guide to about 100 Canadian vegetables. It covers both commercial and home garden crops and includes essentially all of the major, minor, and potentially new vegetables of Canada.