Clasification of Vegetables

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2.

Classification of
Vegetable Crops
According to Their
Methods of Culture
Plants may be classified
according to their
methods of culture.
Plants belonging to this
type may be classified
according to their basic
cultural requirements:
1. Root vegetables

• 1. The underground parts of


these vegetables are eaten.
Examples are sweet potato,
Irish potato, radish, carrots,
onions, garlic, and turnips.
Fruit Vegetables

• 2. The fruits and/or seeds of these vegetables are


eaten. Examples: corn, beans, eggplant, pepper,
tomato, mongo, soybeans, cowpea, okra,
cucumber, chayote, wax gourd, and squash.
Salad Crops

• 3. The leaves of these


vegetables are eaten fresh.
Included in this group are
lettuce, celery, parsley,
watercress, and endive
Cole Crops

• 4. Vegetables belonging to this group


are closely related. Examples: Chinese
cabbage, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli,
and Brussels.
5. Spinach and other Greens (Potherbs) –

• 5. These vegetables are among the oldest of


the vegetable garden plants grown for their
leaves. Examples: spinach, mustard, kale,
collard, and chard.
4. Classification Based on Edible Parts

• 1. Leaf and Stem – Vegetables belonging to this type of


classification are usually grown for their leaves and stems.
• Examples are bamboo shoots, spinach, Chinese cabbage,
amargoso, sprouted mongo, swamp cabbage, kangkong, tender
fern, saluyot, malunggay, green onions, lettuce, and squash.
• 2. Leaves and Fruits – hot pepper, bitter gourd, cowpea,
andChayote.
• 3. Leaves, Flowers, and Fruits – squash and malunggay,
• 4. Fruits, Pods, and Seeds – bread fruit, rimas, bitter gourd,
chayote, eggplant, jackfruit, batao, okra, garden, and pea
Activity 2 Go to your original grouping.

• Write as many vegetables that you know and agree among yourselves
the classification of these vegetables.
• Classify the vegetables you identified previously in Activity 1.
• Present your output to class in three minutes. 3. Write the classification
of vegetables in the left boxes and examples of plants beside the boxes.
Present your ideas following the chart below in 3 minutes.

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