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Discover Life's encyclopedia page about the biology, natural history, ecology, identification and distribution of Discover Life -- Brussels sprouts Brassica oleracea image
Vegetable Inspection Manuals, Brussels Sprouts. These commodity manuals provide a detailed interpretation of the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Regulations. They also present to the inspector diagrams of defects in order that they might be better able to accurately access damage in produce and
I love them too, as does my son, and we both eat gobs of them quite regularly. They are sublime sauteed with butter, garlic, and shallot, finished with a splash of white wine, sp to taste. I might go cook up a mess o' sprouts right now.
The lateral buds of intact Brussels sprout plants contained less auxin and gibberellin than the main apex. When the apex was removed the auxin content of the top lateral buds increased within 2 days, but gibberellin activity did not increaseuntil shoot extension was apparent.
Growing Brussels sprouts in Western Australia Farmnote 34/2001 By John Burt, Research & Development Officer, Perth Brussels sprouts belong to the Brassica family and are related to cabbages and cauliflowers. Plants grow to between 100 and 140 cm high. They are slower growing than other brassicas.
Distribution: Important growing areas are West and Mid Europe, Japan, and North America. Prefers rich soil with good water supply, resistant to light frost.
Welbaum, G.E. 1993. Brussels sprouts as an alternative crop for southwest Virginia. p. 573-576. In: J. Janick and J.E. Simon (eds.), New crops. Wiley, New York.
About 40 species, native mainly to Eurasia. Five species have become naturalised in southern Africa. This genus includes some important species used as vegetables, herbs and spices:
Clean the Brussels sprouts and remove loose outer leaves and the hard part of the stalk. Cut larger Brussels sprouts into smaller pieces, about 1 inches. Dice the potatoes into similar cubes and tomato and coarsely slice the onion. In a large pot heat the oil and the black mustard seeds.
Another relative of the cabbage, this vegetable is a cool-weather crop that does best planted midsummer for early fall ripening. -Planting: Plant the seedlings 18-25 inches from each other in rows about 30 inches apart. Cutworm collars like the ones used with broccoli are recommended.