Sixteenth to eighteenth century depictions of cole crops, (,Brassica oleracea L.), turnips (B. Rapa L. Cultivar group vege table turnip) and radish (Raphan us sativus L.) from flan ders and the present-day Netherlands

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 407, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-33

  Zeven, A C ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brassica campesris; Brassica oleracea; Brassica rapa cultivar group vegetable turnip; Cole crops; Crop evolution; Depictions; History; Radish; Raphanus sativus; Variation

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. GONGYLODES; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; RAPHANUS SATIVUS;

EID: 0006224114     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.1996.407.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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