Author: Powell Smith

Turnips & Rutabagas

Apr 26, 2003 | Fruits & Vegetables, Vegetables

Turnips (Brassica rapa) and rutabagas (B. napus) are generally tolerant of freezing weather, and their roots can be stored for a fairly long period of time in cold storage conditions. Rutabagas or...

Southern Peas

Apr 23, 2003 | Fruits & Vegetables, Vegetables

Southern peas, black-eyed peas and field peas are all names for the crop known worldwide as cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata ssp. unguiculata). Cowpeas probably originated in Africa and were introduced to...

Chinese Vegetables

Oct 21, 1999 | Fruits & Vegetables, Vegetables

Chinese vegetables include Chinese cabbage, bok choy, mustard greens, winter radish, snow peas, yard-long beans, and varieties of melons, eggplant and cucumbers, among others. These vegetables are...