NOT COMMONLY GROWN 



reliable seed house and if the garden space is 

 limited this method of starting a bed of arti- 

 chokes is most desirable. 



The plants should be protected during the 

 winter by a heavy mulch of manure or some 

 other litter. Early in the spring, rake off the 

 manure to each side of the plants and dig it into 

 the soil. 



Plants that are well established may be suffi- 

 ciently protected during the winter by hilling 

 the soil over the plants to a depth of six inches, 

 after the old plants have died down and have 

 been removed. 



Seed sown in August will produce plants 

 sufficiently large by September 15, to trans- 

 plant into four-inch pots which should be 

 plunged in a well protected hotbed by October 

 1. Cover the hotbed with straw or leaves to 

 keep out the frost. Remove the pots and 

 plant the artichokes in the garden about May 

 10 to 20. Plants started in August and 

 wintered over, will invariably produce flowers 

 the following season. 



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