Vegetables can be grouped according to the edible part of each plant: leaves (lettuce), stalks (celery), roots (carrot), tubers (potato), bulbs (onion), and flowers (broccoli). In addition, fruits such as the tomato and seeds such as the pea are commonly considered vegetables.. A vegetable is the edible portion of a plant. Vegetables are usually grouped according to the portion of the plant that is eaten such as leaves (lettuce), stem (celery), roots (carrot), tubers (potato), bulbs (onion) and flowers (broccoli). A fruit is the mature ovary of a plant.
Hostilities between Great Britain, France and Russia were declared 169 years ago today. The Crimean War marked a crossroads in military history as one of the first major European wars in which the combatants used both percussion caps but also rifles.
The United States had observers present during the 1853â1855 Crimean War, including the future commander of the Army of the Potomac, George B. McClellan. The MinieÂ´ball came to America, where it was improved on by James Burton, an armorer at the U.S. Arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia).