JustSeed Quizzical thoughts.
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Which county is also known as ‘The Garden of England’ |
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Which vegetable from the Brassica family is often eaten for Christmas dinner? |
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What plant or plant type does tea come from? |
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What family of nitrogen fixing plants does the peanut belong to? |
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If I wanted to make chocolate what plant would I grow? |
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David Austin, Jack Harkness, Alexander Dickson and Anne Cocker. These people were all well known breeders of which plant? |
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In a plant scientific name, if a plant was described as ‘argentea’ what would this indicate? |
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Which tree has leaves that smell like candyfloss or burnt sugar in the autumn? |
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In Spain, Portugal and other Mediterranean countries which plants are used to make vegetable rennet for use in cheesemaking? |
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What major ingredient is missing to make classic pesto? Pine nuts, parmesan, olive oil, garlic and … |
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Apollo, Astra, Runway and Kennedy are all varieties of which edible plant? |
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What is the link between Lavender ‘Munstead strain’ and Nigella damascena ‘Miss Jekyll’? |
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Illicium verum is better known as what culinary spice? |
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Which type of plant is not capable of photosynthesis? |
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Where did the Covent Garden vegetable market move to in 1956? |
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What is a Helix Aspersa more commonly known as? |
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Who dishes up the figgy pudding in Dicken’s ‘A Christmas Carol’? |
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Plump Poultry (3,3) (cryptic) |
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Which king lived at Kew Palace in Kew Gardens? |
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Weight for weight, more expensive than gold, which plant does saffron come from? |
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What does a pomologist study? |
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Name the latest RHS garden? |
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What colour is a Welsh poppy? |
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Where is the “rhubarb triangle” county and how big is it? |
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What plant offerings do the three Kings camels or horses get in Argentina and Puerto Rico on twelfth night? |