Horticulture Botanical Classification

11. . Classification of Vegetable Crops According to Their Methods of Culture
Plants may be classified according to their methods of culture. Plants belonging
to this type may be classified according to their basic cultural requirements:
1. Root vegetables – The underground parts of these vegetables are eaten. Examples are sweet
potato, Irish potato, radish, carrots, onions, garlic, and turnips.
2. Fruit Vegetables – The fruits and/or seeds of these vegetables are eaten. Examples: corn, beans,
eggplant, pepper, tomato, mongo, soybeans, cowpea, okra, cucumber, chayote, wax gourd, and
squash.
3. Salad Crops – The leaves of these vegetables are eaten fresh. Included in this group are lettuce,
celery, parsley, watercress, and endive.
4. Cole Crops – Vegetables belonging to this group are closely related. Examples: Chinese
cabbage, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, and Brussels.
5. Spinach and other Greens (Potherbs) – These vegetables are among the oldest of the
vegetable garden plants grown for their leaves. Examples: spinach, mustard, kale, collard, and
chard.

12. 3. Classification of Vegetable Crops According to Their Temperature or Seasonal
Requirements.
1. Cool Season Crops
a. Leaf – lettuce, spinach, cabbage, pechay, mustard, celery, onions, and kale.
b. Stem – sweet potato, kangkong, and asparagus
c. Root – radish, beet, carrot, turnip, and parsnip
2. Warm Season crops
a. Fruit – tomatoes, watermelon, cantaloupe, squash, bitter gourd, chayote, snake
gourd, okra, and pepper
b. Root – taro, sweet potato, yam bean, tugi, and ubi
c. Fruits and seeds – bush beans, cowpea, mongo, soybeans, lima bean, and string
beans.

13. 4. Classification Based on Edible Parts
1. Leaf and Stem – Vegetables belonging to this type of classification are
usually grown for their leaves and stems. Examples are bamboo shoots,
spinach, Chinese cabbage, amargoso, sprouted mongo, swamp cabbage,
kangkong, tender fern, saluyot, malunggay, green onions, lettuce, and
squash.
2. Leaves and Fruits – hot pepper, bitter gourd, cowpea, and chayote
3. Leaves, Flowers, and Fruits – squash and malunggay,
4. Fruits, Pods, and Seeds – bread fruit, rimas, bitter gourd, chayote,
eggplant, jackfruit, batao, okra, garden, and pea