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Kimberley04 · « **on:** July 26, 2009, 17:45 »

Are courgettes and squashes part of the fruiting vegetable family ??

SG6 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 26, 2009, 18:06 »

Yes.

All are in the gourd family of cucumbers.

savbo · « **Reply #2 on:** July 26, 2009, 18:15 »

I suppose strictly speaking there isn't a "fruiting vegetable family". Some vegetables we eat the fruits, some we eat other bits. Squashes and courgettes ARE in the same family botanically speaking - the cucurbits. Potatoes and tomatoes are in the same family, but one's a root and one's a fruit...

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Kimberley04 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 26, 2009, 18:17 »

Thankyou.

Fruiting veg was the category named in my crop rotation list

Yorkie · « **Reply #4 on:** July 26, 2009, 18:27 »

What an odd category

There are a number of articles on this site on crop rotation, see the main index page here

It might be worth seeing what groups you already have on your list, compare them to those on the site, and see what's missing - that might be what they refer to as fruiting veg!

SG6 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 26, 2009, 18:29 »

Sounds like a term to distinguish between veg that produces a crop above ground and those that produce what we call root crops.

Makes sense if that is what it is.

DD. · « **Reply #6 on:** July 26, 2009, 18:38 »

They are all part of the cucurbit family

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucurbit

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