Olericulture

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Nowadays, a wide variety of fruits and vegetables are usually available.

Spring-Time Garden

A time of pure joy is a spring morning picking young greens and peas.

Summer-Time Orchard

An apricot picked ripe from the tree in the warm summer sun...pure heaven!

Autumn Harvest

Sweet & mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, cranberries and Brussels Sprouts!

Winter

While winter compost feeds their roots, the oranges nourish our bodies.

The study of Olericulture focuses research on the science of produce production, specifically upon non-woody (herbaceous) plants humans use for food:

Bulbs & Root Crops - These include the onions, leeks, garlic, fennel, carrots, beets, and radishes.
Cole Crops - These include the cabbages, cauliflower, brussels sprouts and broccoli.
Cucurbits - These are mostly vine fruit plants, including cucumbers, edible gourds like winter and summer squash, edible melons and watermelon.
Dark Greens - These include spinach, kale, collards.
Legumes - These include beans and peas.
Salads - These include the leafy lettuces.
Solanaceous Crops - These include the nightshades like eggplants, peppers, potatoes, and tomatoes.

"Where are the fruits?" you might ask. That is a related field of study called Pomology.

Olericulture and the Environment
(Mar 29, 2018)

Career prospects in Olericulture include conventional, greenhouse and organic farming, horticultural teaching and research, produce marketing and management, and nursery marketing and management. Post graduate studies include research into genomics, plant-based medicine, and more. But environmental protection might be the up and coming reason for study.

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