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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Munro, Derek B.

Contributor:

Small, Ernest, 1940-

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Vegetables--Canada.

Vegetables.

Food crops--Canada.

Food crops.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 416 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ottawa : NRC Research Press, 1997.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

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

Issued by the National Research Council Canada.

Includes abstracts in English and French.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-45199-8

1-4593-0299-0

OCLC:

44961565