Across
- 1. small variety of summer squash you have grown, harvested, and enjoyed on your land!
- 4. miniatures main marketing advocates of the 1960s and 70s (two words)
- 8. land of castles, explorations/colonization, and...alleged originator of baby vegetables
- 9. flowereque vegetable whose full sized companion offers edible bits one has to work for. Unlike the adult, this miniature is fully edible.
- 11. baby celery breaks the mold of sweeter, milder tastes, instead offering a ___ flavor
- 12. true miniature carrot, named after Hans Christian Andersen musical fanstsy
- 13. although not true for all miniatures, because commercial baby carrots are cut to look infant-like, they may help to reduce ___
Down
- 2. fate for many 20th century miniatures due to their un-sellable size
- 3. break-through, gateway snack vegetable that was well timed with portable, fit in your hand eating trends of the late 80s/early 90s
- 5. summer sounding fruit that look like little watermelons but taste like a mixture of limes and cucumbers (a hybrid I've never seen in real life)
- 6. miniatures sometimes describe as the "___of vegetables—tender and mild and innocent"
- 7. another hybrid of kale and brussels sprouts, only market available since 2014 (another I've never experienced)
- 10. this kind of harvesting describes the babies of corn, bok choy, cucumbers, and onions