Across
- 3. the national fruit of India, Pakistan and the Philippines
- 5. a popular salad vegetable that grows in stalks
- 7. more than 90% water it looks like a zucchini, usually eaten sliced
- 8. Little Jack Horner found one of these
- 13. grows on a vine and looks shrivelled when ripe
- 14. the best known variety is named after William Cavendish 6th Duke of Devonshire
- 18. the name of this peppery vegetable is derived from the Latin word for root
- 19. sometimes called a shaved peach
- 20. this ridged pod vegetable is sometimes called Lady’s Fingers
- 21. a mass of leaves growing from a short central stem, popular salad vegetable
Down
- 1. considered a vegetable but botanically it is a fruit
- 2. round, coloured orange, contains a stone, popular as jam
- 4. a dark green sausage-shaped vegetable
- 6. small red fruits covered in hairs, resembles a tiny sea urchin
- 9. with or without strings
- 10. an oval shaped fruit that bruises easily, grown on a tree that does not flower
- 11. the two main varieties are clingstones and freestones
- 12. you can eat this colour
- 15. commonly served in sandwiches, with chicken, or salads
- 16. mainly grown in the Sunraysia, Murray Valley & Riverina, popular summer snack
- 17. despite its prickly appearance, this tropical fruit is sweet