PSS 10: Hort 3
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- What are some horticulture herbs?
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-basil
-dill
-mint
-oregano
-parsley
-rosemary
-sage
-thyme - When and how was tea made?
- -2737 BC by an emperor when some tea leaves blew into a pot of hot water
- When did tea become popular throughout Europe and the American colonies?
- -1600's
- What was the Boston Tea Party for?
- -Protesting the British Tea Tax: led to the revolutionary war
- When and where was Iced tea created?
- -1904 at the worlds fair in St. Louis
- When and who invented the tea bag?
- -In 1908 Thomas Sullivan of NY developed the concept of tea in a bag
- How is Green tea made?
- -steaming fresh-picked leaves before heat drying
- How is Black tea made?
- -ferment picked leaves before firing
- How is Oolong tea made?
- -partially ferment picked leaves before firing
- Where is the only tea plantation in the US?
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-The Charleston Tea Plantation
-6617 Maybank Highway
-Wadmalaw Island, S.C, 29487 - When does damage occur to tropical plants?
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-chilling injuries occur between 33 and 60 degrees
-over 60 degrees all the time - What temperatures can subtropical plants stand?
- -some freezing temperatures, but not long periods of cold
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What are the daytime highs for cool season temperate plants?
How about warm season? -
-between 60 and 65 degrees
-between 65 and 80 - What is fruit botanically known as? How about horticulturally?
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-an enlarged ovary
-plant part consumed as a desert or a snack with little preparation - What are vegetables botanically and horticulturally known as?
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-No botanical name
-Horticulturally: a plant part that may be cooked and consumed without refinement and served with the main meal (or as main meal) - What types of vegetables are botanical fruits?
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-tomato
-pepper
-beans
-squash - What types of vegetables are NOT botanical fruits?
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-celery
-lettuce
-carrot - What are annuals?
- -Produce vegetative growth, fruit, flowers, and seeds all in one season then dies (many are actually perennials in their native habitat)
- Describe Biennials
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-Produce vegetative growth during their first season
-Overwinter as a storage root/tuber
-Flowers and seeds in second season before dying
-carrots, beans, turnips, holleyhocks, foxglove - How do you define a perennial?
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-survives 3 or more seasons
-includes herbaceous and woody plants