week 7

 

The beetroot is the taproot portion of a beet plant, usually known in Canada and the United States as beets while the vegetable is referred to as beetroot in British English, and also known as the table beet, garden beet, red beet, dinner beet or golden beet.

Chard or Swiss chard is a green leafy vegetable. In the cultivars of the Flavescent Group, the leaf stalks are large and often prepared separately from the leaf blade; the cicla Group is the leafy spinach beet.

Maize, also known as corn, is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. The leafy stalk of the plant produces pollen inflorescences and separate ovuliferous inflorescences called ears that yield kernels or seeds, which are fruits.