AN IMPROVED ARTICHOKE 



Contrast this mammoth blossom with 

 the relatively insignificant blossom of 

 the wild artichoke. The front of this 

 wonderful flower is more than twelve 

 inches across. It bears scant resemblance 

 to the wild prototype; except, indeed, 

 that the essential flower organs at its 

 center have the same thistlelike appear- 

 ance. So striking a modification has 

 been brought about only through care- 

 ful selection. 



