THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



most gardens of any size, require no special 

 skill, are easily raised, are, most of them, in 

 their season, on the menu of every good 

 housekeeper when she can procure them, and 

 give a sufficient variety for any ordinary 

 household : 



'Artichokes; The French Globe is the best 

 variety. Seed may be sown in boxes in the 

 house, or in the hot-bed about March 1st 

 and the plants set out in the open ground 

 the end of May in rows two feet apart 

 each way. The soil should be a rich deep 

 sandy loam with plenty of well-rotted ma- 

 nure. If sown very early and the season 

 is favorable, artichokes will begin to appear 

 in September. But as a rule they do not 

 yield until the following season. Being per- 

 ennials, they will bear any number of years. 

 North of Washington the plants should be 

 tied to stakes in November and the spaces 

 between the rows and also between the plants 

 filled in well over the tops of the plants 

 with earth, and a good coating of stable 

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