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

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Munro, Derek B.

Contributor:

National Research Council Canada.

Small, Ernest, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vegetables--Canada.

Vegetables.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 416 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Les légumes du Canada.

Place of Publication:

Ottawa, Ont. : NRC Research Press, 1997.

Language Note:

English

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 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

Notes:

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

Issued by the National Research Council Canada.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610451999

1-4593-0320-2

0-585-08788-1

OCLC:

70763285