Quiz: These winter vegetables are un-beet-able!

This is a variety of celery cultivated for its edible stem or hypocotyl, and shoots. It is known for its misshapen, greenish-white blob covered in little roots. It is low in calories, high in fiber, and a source of vitamin C, which acts as a powerful anti-oxidant. Name this vegetable.

Also called as German turnip, this is a biennial vegetable - a low, stout cultivar of wild cabbage. The green or purple bulbs with cylindrical stems come into season by the end of fall but stay at its sweet best into winter. Name this vegetable.

This is a variety of the plant species Brassica oleracea. A winter vegetable, it is believed to have originated from England and the Netherlands. Named after a particular region in France, name this winter vegetable.

This vegetable was first described in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus as Beta vulgaris var. cicla. A leafy vegetable considered highly nutritious, it is used in in salads, stirfries, soups or omelets. Name this vegetable.

A type of chicory, __________ is known in Dutch as witloof or witlof ("white leaf"). Their traditional season (when grown in fields and covered with sand to keep out the light) is late fall and winter. The harvested root is allowed to sprout indoors in the absence of sunlight, which prevents the leaves from turning green and opening up. Fill in the blank.

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