PRACTICAL GARDENING 



The bur or bud must be gathered before the 

 true flower parts appear. 



One fourth of an ounce of seed will produce 

 one hundred plants. 



The Jerusalem Artichoke, known also as the 

 American Artichoke, is grown for its tubers. 

 These tubers which resemble the potato, are 

 used like the potato, also for salads and pickles. 



Cut the tuber to single eyes and plant them 

 in rows three feet apart and two feet apart in 

 the row. If the soil is loose set the seed arti- 

 chokes two to three inches in depth. Plant at 

 the same time as sweet corn. Cultivate 

 throughout the season. 



One pint of tubers cut to single eyes will 

 plant from twenty-five to thirty hills. The 

 tubers are ready to harvest with the late pota- 

 toes in October. The tubers are very hardy 

 and may be left in the ground and dug as they 

 are desired during the winter. 



Gherkins. This vegetable produces an 

 oval, prickly fruit about an inch long, and the 

 habits of the plant resemble the cucumber. It 



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