MULTIPLE CHOICE: VEGGING OUT

Test your vegetable-gardening knowledge with these multiple-choice questions.

1WHAT TYPE OF VEGETABLE CAN INCLUDE FRENCH, navy, kidney and broad? A Cucumber B Pepper C Aubergine D Bean

2WHAT

WORD MEANS FEAR of vegetables? A Lacanophobia B Vegaphobia C Herbaphobia D Mulcophobia

3WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE TECHNIQUE whereby potato tubers are exposed to light indoors prior to planting, to encourage early shoots to form? A Stratifying B Chitting

C Grafting D Layering

4WHAT

DOES CROP ROTATION MEAN?

A Turning a vegetable upside down after harvesting. B Growing a different crop in a different vegetable bed each year. C Sharing a rota with others for harvesting the crops in community gardens. D taking it in turn to only grow one crop each season.

5WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CROPS IS GROWN AS A PERENNIAL, PRODUCES SPEARS AND can take up to three years before its ready for harvesting? A Lettuce B Endive C Asparagus D Mizuna

6WHICH OF THE following is botanically a vegetable? A Tomato B Courgette C Aubergine D Rhubarb

7WHAT IS THE NAME of the scale used to measure the heat of chillies?

A Scoville B Pepperamator C Capsicumer D Brocanmiester

8GARDENER’S

DELIGHT, Black Russian and Money Maker are all varieties of which fruit? A Courgette B Tomato C Aubergine D Pepper

9WHAT

IS THE EDIBLE part of sweetcorn called? A Kernel B Tendril C Pulse D Drupe

10WHICH PARTSof the amaranth plant would you usually eat? A Roots and stems. B Leaves and roots. C Flowers and root. D Leaves and seeds.

11WHAT TYPE OF FRUIT are the following: calamondin, kabosu, kumquat, meyer and ugli fruit?

A Plantain B Citrus C Prunus D Apple

12WHAT IS THE OFFSHOOT of a strawberry called? A Jogger B Sprinter C Trailer D Runner