Fruits and Vegetables

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Across
  1. 5. Bean category within pod and seed vegetables
  2. 6. Effect when oxygen reacts with the flesh of certain fruits
  3. 7. Enzyme in the seeds and fresh of peppers which are hot on the palate
  4. 8. Stalk is the primary portion consumed
  5. 9. Interior portion and seeds are consumed
  6. 13. Edible, herbike plant
  7. 15. Vegetables Brown below the surface of the ground, roots are located by a stalk above ground
  8. 17. Flower portion is consumed
  9. 18. Flourish in the winter and ripen in winter conditions
  10. 19. Natural form of sugar found in fruit
  11. 20. Rating system based on quality standards focusing on color, size, shape, texture and defects
  12. 21. Organs developed from the ovary
  13. 22. Grow in tropical conditions and can be harmed in frost conditions
  14. 23. Produced by various fruits and vegetables which causes them to ripen or once ripe,spoil
Down
  1. 1. Have a very thin skin and can be consumed raw or cooked
  2. 2. and Bulbs
  3. 3. Commonly mistaken for vegetables but have internal seeds
  4. 4. Green and leafy, can be consumed raw or cooked
  5. 10. Part of the potato where the roots grow into the potato
  6. 11. Chemical naturally produced by chlorophyll as a defense mechanism against insects, disease and predators
  7. 12. Have a very thick skin and must be cooked to consume
  8. 14. Product of a climbing or vine plant
  9. 16. Flourish and ripen in the summer months