CHAPTER XI 



VEGETABLES LESS COMMONLY GROWN 



THERE is a considerable number of vegeta- 

 bles that are seldom encountered in the gen- 

 eral garden, many of which are well worthy of ac- 

 quaintance. Many of them are familiar to the 

 city housekeper through the medium of the fruit 

 stores and the delicatessen stores; more of them 

 appear in the gardens of the foreign residents and 

 might be adopted for general cultivation with 

 good results. 



ARTICHOKES 



Which appear as an especial delicacy on the 

 menus of the big hotels and restaurants on special 

 occasions only, are not difficult to grow in sections 

 of the country where the winters are not too se- 

 vere. They will not stand the winters of the 

 northern states, however, and in any longitude 

 north of the Ohio, are better for winter protec- 



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