ADDENDUM 



BY W. P. THOMSON 



ARTICHOKE (JERUSALEM) 



THERE is now a white variety of this which is a great improve- 

 ment on the type. The improvement lies in the fact that the 

 white form not being so rugged is far more easily prepared, thus 

 saving a great deal of trouble which follows when the old purple 

 variety is used. If a careful selection of the tubers is made and 

 good cultivation given, the roots of the white form may be still 

 further improved in shape, while the quality also will be better. 



In reference to the popular and common name of this 

 vegetable it is not an artichoke at all, but a perennial sunflower 

 Helianthus tuberosus being the Latin name. The word Jerusalem 

 given to the root of a sunflower is a stupid corruption. To try 

 to find out if possible a good English name the editor of one of 

 our gardening papers started a competition inviting readers to 

 send in a suitable name. The competition was very brisk, and 

 the name Sunroot was by the judges considered the best. For 

 clear and simple English and true meaning the word Sunroot is 

 a very appropriate one, but we doubt whether the word will come 

 into general use. In the growing of the Sunroot good culture is 

 all-important. We were recently consulted as to the reason of the 

 tubers being poor and of very inferior quality. On inquiring as to 

 the cultivation it was clear that there had been no cultivation at 

 all. The tubers had been planted thickly in poor soil in an out- 

 of-the-way part of the garden, and had been left to shift for 

 themselves. If under this maltreatment the plants get so crowded 

 that the leafage can get no light and air, it is but little wonder 

 that tubers are poor. The* ground for the Sunroot must be deeply 

 trenched and given a good dressing of manure, fair even-sized 

 tubers being planted in February or March, in rows 24 in. apart 

 with 12 in. between the tubers in the row. 



BEANS (CLIMBING FRENCH) 



These are gradually becoming more popular, and within recent 

 years many excellent and prolific varieties have been introduced. 



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