1'. w X.iiiiMiciMiaii ;iiiil A. K. Ilitcliiixk, from Boyce Tlidiniisun Institute 



RUSHING THE SEASON 



The artichoke normally starts to form tubers late in the summer, when the nights be- 

 come longer. By shading the entire plant, or the tips of the stems, from the sun in 

 the latter part of the day, from the middle of July, we can get it to form tubers several 

 weeks earlier than its unshaded neighbors 



