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Vegetable occurs as nutritional and culinary term denoting any part of the plant that is commonly consumed by humans as food, but is non look on a culinary grain, fruit, nut, herb, or spice.

These include leaf vegetables (e.g. lettuce), stem vegetables (asparagus), root vegetables (carrot) and flower vegetables (broccoli), and botanic fruits like green beans, cucumbers, squashes, pumpkins, tomatoes, avocados, capsicums, et cetera, when well as overweight, unformed seeds like people of peas or beans.

Vegetable is non the botanical term and so no contradiction around the plant structure existence the fruit botanically spell however existence considered the vegetable.

In the main, vegetables come thought of when existence dine in the main course, non when dessert or breakfast (with a bit of exceptions, like rhubarb).

Commercial production of vegetables occurs as branch of horticulture called olericulture.

Vegetable is likewise utilized as a literary term for any plant: vegetable matter, vegetable kingdom.

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Barnesville Potato Days Festival
Celebrates the potato with peeling and picking contests, a lefse cookoff, potato sack fashion show, mashed potato sculpturing, bushels of potato foods and other events and activities. Held in August in Barnesville, Minnesota.

Castroville Artichoke Festival
Features a classic car show, parade, cooking and art competitions, farmer's market, and entertainment. Held in mid-May annually since 1959 in Castroville, California.

Crystal Springs Tomato Festival
Occurs in late June in Crystal Springs, Mississippi. Events include farmers market, art competition and contests for the biggest, ugliest, tastiest, and best dressed tomatoes.

East Maui Taro Festival
Focusing on kalo or taro, Hawaii's traditional staple food. Features information on taro, past festivals, schedule, and dates. Held in Spring in Hana, Hawaii.

Hatch Chile Festival
Events include a cook-off, parade, Chile Queen festival, competitions, and carnival rides. Held over a weekend in early September in Hatch, New Mexico.

New Jersey Tomato Festival
Held in August on the Camden Waterfront at Wiggins Park, Camden. Documents describe activities including demonstrations by chefs, gardener presentations, tomato war, food and craft vendors.

Stockton Asparagus Festival
Features vendors, arts and crafts, and entertainment, with the proceeds going to charity. Held in Stockton, California, over a weekend in late April.

Swamp Cabbage Festival
Includes activities, photographs, and stories from previous years. Weekend event, since 1965, held in late February on the Caloosahatchee River in LaBelle, Florida.

Vidalia Onion Festival
Air show, arts and crafts, cooking school, fireworks, and street dance. Held in Vidalia, Georgia during April.






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