Celery Quiz: questions and answers
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1. Which family does celery belong to?
Apiaceae
2. What is the length of the celery leaflets?
3–6 cm
3. What is the color of celery flowers?
Creamy-white
4. Wild celery grows up to:
1 m
5. When was the word "celery" first attested in English?
1664
6. When was celery described by Carl Linnaeus in Volume One of his Species Plantarum?
1753
7. By which century had the season for celery been extended to last from the beginning of September to late in April?
19th century
8. What is the biological name for celery?
Apium graveolens var. graveolens
9. What is the biological name for celeriac?
Apium graveolens var. rapaceum