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• Breeding of plants
  ...on and inheritance are now beginning to be understood, and the application of this knowledge is to produce orderly and more or less predictable results. ...ults. The greatness of the changes produced is shown by the fact that some of the most extensively cultivated crops, such as wheat and maize, have been s
  97 KB (16,038 words) - 17:04, 16 February 2010
• Common bean
  ...Bean|Lima]], [[Broad Bean|Broad/Fava]] or [[Runner Bean]]s, and the [[List of beans]]. ...taller '''pole types''', which are vines that produce more over the course of the season, and need support.
  38 KB (6,527 words) - 23:15, 2 February 2010
• Forcing
  ...h temperature. Thus, the lily-of-the-valley may be placed in a temperature of 90° or above, and the large buds be forced to throw out their flowers befo ...private conservatories, or more elaborate structures used for the display of plants. See Greenhouse.
  83 KB (14,615 words) - 08:36, 12 August 2009
• Orange
  ...[[centimetre|cm]] long. The orange [[fruit]] is a [[hesperidium]], a type of [[berry]]. ...tinguish it from ''Citrus aurantium'', the [[bitter orange]]. In a number of languages, it is known as a "Chinese apple" (e.g. [[Dutch language|Dutch]]
  98 KB (16,405 words) - 14:11, 27 August 2012
• Strawberry
  ...an important commercial fruit crop, widely grown in all temperate regions of the world. ...switch from selling fresh to selling to freezers, and then get totally out of the market. Producers for the farmers market keep selling fresh through the
  78 KB (13,045 words) - 00:14, 17 April 2010
• Horticulture
  ...ness, as understood in North America, is considered to be within the field of horticulture. ...isae. Parkinson's famous "Paradisus," or account of "a garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers," was published in England in 1629.
  139 KB (22,466 words) - 22:18, 11 January 2010
• Planting
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ..., and are also extended in many separate articles, under the popular names of the plants themselves, as Rose, Strawberry, Carnation, Lettuce, Mushroom, a
  284 KB (42,918 words) - 14:29, 30 September 2009
• Diseases and Insects
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...— the parasitic fungi and the depredating insects, together with the means of control. This composite article therefore comprises:
  284 KB (44,920 words) - 08:52, 12 September 2009
• Rose
  ...armed with sharp [[thorns]]. Most are native to Asia, with smaller numbers of species native to Europe, North America, and northwest Africa. Natives, [[c ...arts of the world easily hybridize, which has given rise to the many types of garden roses.
  188 KB (30,178 words) - 23:37, 5 August 2021

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