Harvest Time

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. Green parts of a tree that fall in autumn (6)
  2. 7. Fourth Thursday in November in the United States (12)
  3. 9. A special anniversary (7)
  4. 11. Concluding state of pregnancy (5)
  5. 12. Annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains (5)
  6. 14. Human beings (6)
  7. 15. To gather, as of natural products (7)
  8. 16. A mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective (4)

Down

  1. 1. Central figure of Christianity, born in Bethlehem (5)
  2. 2. Gathering crops when they are ripe (7)
  3. 3. Big orange squash carved at Halloween (7)
  4. 5. Any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers (7)
  5. 6. An African melon (10)
  6. 8. Any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow (9)
  7. 10. Yellow vegetable that grows in ears (4)
  8. 13. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food (plural) (5)