Re: Style Question

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At 2:51 PM -0400 8/18/10, Daryl wrote:

Is there a consensus on capitalizing vegetable names? Squash,

Carrots, Parsley? Squash, carrots, parsley?

Thanks.

When the choice is mine, I prefer what the Chicago Manual calls "down

style": squash, carrots, parsley. If I were adding modifiers, I'd

keep them lowercase if they're more generic (romano beans, butternut

squash, cherry tomatoes) but capitalize if I'm emphasizing a certain

variety or using an actual cultivar name (Mrs. Marotti's romano bean,

Waltham butternut squash, Tommy Toe cherry tomatoes).

Also depends on the audience. So for native plants, I'll write

bigberry manzanita or Pacific Mist manzanita for the newspaper

column, but Arctostaphylos glauca or Arctostaphylos 'Pacific Mist'

for the native plant society newsletter.

Tanya Kucak
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