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remarkable also for their 

 facility with which they 



very 

 can be 



quality and very tender ; 

 pale yellow colour and the 

 blanched. 



Smooth Solid Cardoon. This variety, which is almost spine- 

 less, is rather larger than the preceding, has longer leaves 

 and ribs, and grows from about 4 to 4^ ft. high. The ribs are 

 always broader than those of the Prickly Tours Cardoon, but 

 not so thick, yet they become hollow sooner, if the plant is allowed 

 to suffer ever so little from drought or want of nourishment. The 

 leaves are neither quite so much cut nor quite so whitish in hue as 

 those of the Prickly Tours variety. 



Ivory-white Cardoon. 



Long Spanish Cardoon. A large variety, which is chiefly 

 grown in the south of Europe, with large, broad-ribbed leaves. 

 It is not spiny, but the ribs are not so solid as those of the preceding 

 varieties. 



Artichoke-leaved Cardoon (Cardon Puvis). A very distinct 

 spineless variety. Leaves very broad and large, not much cut, and 

 dark green. It is a vigorous plant, with broad ribs, usually half- 

 solid, and is chiefly grown about Lyons, where it attains about the 

 same height as the Smooth Solid Cardoon, but is broader in all its 

 Darts. 



