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From: dan@tinton.UUCP
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking,sci.bio,rec.gardens
Subject: Re: Broccoflower
Message-ID: <1990Jul13.122728.27425@tinton>
Date: 13 Jul 90 12:27:28 GMT
References: <31477@cup.portal.com> <HUGHES.90Jul6085636@blizzard.Berkeley.EDU> <1990Jul6.213628.13527@mthvax.cs.miami.edu>
Reply-To: dan@tinton.UUCP (Daniel Masi <masid>)
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In article <1990Jul6.213628.13527@mthvax.cs.miami.edu> aem@Mthvax.CS.Miami.Edu writes:
>In <HUGHES.90Jul6085636@blizzard.Berkeley.EDU> hughes@blizzard.Berkeley.EDU (Eric Hughes) writes:
>
>>Cabbage (Brassica oleracea capitata)
>>Broccoli (B. oleracea italica)
>>Brussels sprouts (B. oleracea gemmifera)
>>Cauliflower (B. oleracea botyris)
>>Kohlrabi (B. oleracea caulorapa)
>
>
>According to my info, all of the above are cultivated varieties of kale.

Nope.  Kale: B. oleracea acephala

The B. stands for the genus Brassica.  Technically, I beleive that
all of the above (or any plant of the genus Brassica) are varieties 
of mustard.  I think that are also known as 'cruciferous veggies',
being part of a family that either has four-pointed leaves or
four-petalled flowers (can't remember which) that are suggestive
of a cross.

Then again, the closest I've ever been to a vegetable garden is
the produce section...

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