130 GAEDENING FOE PEOFIT. 



ARTICHOKE, JERUSALEM. (Helianthus tuberosus.) 



This is an entirely different plant from the true Arti- 

 choke, though it resembles it someweAvhat in flavor 

 hence its name. It is a species of Heliantlius, or Sun- 

 flower, and the plant has the general appearance of a 

 small Sunflower. The edible part of the plant is its 

 tubers. These are like the potato in appearance, but 

 when cooked, to the taste of most people, are very inferior 

 in flavor. Their nutritive value is said, however, to be 

 fully equal to that of the potato. Used in the raw state 

 it is pickled like the cucumber, or sliced and eaten with 

 vinegar as a salad, but as a culinary vegetable it is but 

 little grown, except for variety or novelty. 



Its culture is, in all respects, similar to the potato, 

 but it is more productive, always free from disease, will 

 grow almost in any soil or situation, and will stand the 

 winter on light soils wherever a Parsnip crop will stand ; 



JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE. 



for these reasons it is regarded as a valuable food for 

 cattle or pigs, who eat it freely. It is planted largely at 

 the West as food for swine, which do their own har- 

 vesting. 



There are several varieties, known as Red, Purple, 

 Yellow and White tikinned. 



