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Broccoli Alvin R. Hamson, Extension Horticulturist 1992 FN 241 Broccoli is a cool season vegetable that may be grown early in the spring or late in the fall. It has superior nutritive value. A ½ cup serving of broccoli, eaten fresh or cooked, has only 32 calories and more vitamin C than an orange!
IF YOU'VE ever had an apple tree that wouldn't bear fruit it might have lacked a mate. Plants need lovers too. And even though hermaphroditic plants can (and do) self-pollinate, most shouldn't. Inbreeding often causes recessive abnormalities like the propensity for disease and low seed production.
Q: What types of cancer do vegetables like broccoli protect against? A: Cruciferous vegetables, like broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, and bok choy, have been linked to a lower risk for several types of cancer.
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Broccoli is native to the Mediterranean and East Asia. The edible portion of the plant is the flowering head, which must be harvested by hand, even in commercial fields, before the flowers open. Broccoli is highly nutritious.
CORVALLIS - Oregon State University researchers in the Department of Horticulture recently conducted the first research in the Pacific Northwest that documents the effectiveness of planting "insectary" plants to enhance natural enemy populations in a commercial field crop.
Researchers at the University of Warwick have found that the standard British cooking habit of boiling vegetables severely damages the anticancer properties of many Brassica vegetables such as broccoli, Brussel sprouts, cauliflower and green cabbage.