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 CATALOGUE, 



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ARTICHOKE. 

 ARTICHAUT. Cynara. 



VARIETIES. 

 Cynara Scolymus, or French. I Cynara Hortensis, or Globe. 



THE garden Artichoke is a native of the South of Europe, 

 and much cultivated for the London and Paris markets. It 

 is a perennial plant, producing from the root annually its 

 large squamose heads, in full growth, from June or July, 

 until October or November. The Globe Artichoke, which 

 produces large globular heads, is best for general culture, 

 the heads being considerably larger, and the eatable parts 

 more thick and plump. 



Both sorts may be raised from seed, * or young suckers 

 taken from old plants in the spring. A plantation of Arti- 

 chokes will produce good heads six or seven years, and 

 sometimes longer ; but it must be observed, that if a supply 

 of this delicious vegetable be required throughout the season, 

 a small plantation should be made from suckers every spring, 

 for a successive crop, as the young plants will continue to 

 produce their heads in perfection, after the crops of the old 

 standing ones are over. 



The most likely way to obtain a supply of Artichokes 

 from seed, is to sow the seed in the latter end of March, or 

 at any time in April, in a bed of good rich earth, or it may 

 be planted in drills one inch deep, and about twelve inches 

 apart. The /ground should be light and moist, not such as is 

 apt to become bound up by heat, or that, in consequence of 



* One ounce of seed will produce about six hundred plants 



