ARTICHOKE (FRENCH) 



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They are pale green throughout, except at the base, where they are 

 sHghtly tinged with violet ; they have few or no spines. The 

 height of the stems does not exceed from 2j to 3 ft, and a plant 

 two years old will have three or four stems. This variety is the one 

 which is most extensively cultivated in the neighbourhood of Paris. 

 It is not a very early variety, but it is the best for yielding heads 

 every year of its cultivation. No other variety has such a broad, 

 thick, and fleshy receptacle or bottom ; it also reproduces itself 

 fairly well from seed. 



Green Provence Artichoke. — A plant of medium height, with 

 rather deep green leaves ; heads green, somewhat more elongated 

 than those of the preceding variety, but not so thick ; scales of a 

 uniform green, long, rather narrow and spiny, moderately fleshy at 

 the base. This variety, which is extensively grown in the south of 

 France, is usually eaten raw with pepper sauce. The seeds of this 

 variety, when sown, always produce a large proportion of spiny 

 plants. 



Flat-headed Brittany Artichoke. — A tall and vigorous plant, 

 3 J to 4 J ft. high ; leaves 

 luxuriant ; heads large, 

 broad, and short, nearly 

 globular in shape, flat- 

 tened on the top ; 

 scales green, brown, or 

 slightly tinged with 

 violet on the edges, 

 short and broad, rather 

 fleshy at the base. 

 This variety is very 

 extensively cultivated 

 in Anjou and Brittany, 

 from which provinces 

 large quantities are 

 sent in May to the 

 Central Market in 

 Paris. 



As the number of 

 varieties of the Arti- 

 choke is very great, 

 we shall limit ourselves 

 to mentioning only 

 those which we con- 

 sider the most worthy 

 of notice next to the 

 ones which we have 

 cultivated. 



Flat-headed Brittany Artichoke. 



just described as being most generally 



