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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782901803321

Autore

Munro Derek B

Titolo

Vegetables of Canada / / Derek B. Munro and Ernest Small

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ottawa : , : NRC Research Press, , 1997

©1997

ISBN

1-280-45199-8

1-4593-0299-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 416 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

635/.0971

Soggetti

Vegetables - Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover page; Publishing information; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Common name guide to the vegetables 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 Scientific (Latin) 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.