Across
- 2. national emblem of Wales
- 4. Small ones are gherkins
- 6. Wild ones are purple, but now come in all shades from white to orange and even red
- 9. Orange squash popular at Halloween
- 11. Large, striped green summer squash
- 12. allium essential to French and Italian cuisine
- 14. one ingredient in a Bloody Mary
- 17. used extensively in cooking across all continents
- 18. expensive to buy, delicious with butter, long lived but short harvest season starting in spring
- 20. versatile plant, can eat leaves and root, beware can stain badly
Down
- 1. best loved grand hotel
- 3. Wimbledon would not be the same without these
- 5. peppers beware can be very hot
- 7. Popeye’s favourite
- 8. popular summer fruit, usually pink
- 10. popular legume
- 13. perennial vegetable grown for its pink stalks
- 15. no Italian would be without this wonderful fruit
- 16. bean most common variety is a red ruler
- 19. veg associated with Ireland