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The Improved Burbank Artichoke 



Contrast this mammoth blossom with the relatively insig- 

 nificant blossom of the wild artichoke. The front of this won- 

 derful flower is twenty inches across. It bears scant resemblance to 

 the wild prototype; except, indeed, that the essential flower or- 

 gans at its center have the same thistle-like appearance. 

 So striking a modification has been brought about 

 only through long cultivation; but the Bur- 

 bank artichokes have made giant 

 strides in a few generations. 



