1 54 The 7 Tactical Kitchen Gardiner. 



It is a plant that is cultivated araongft 

 market-gardiners about London, with 

 more than ordinary induftry, becaufe it 

 brings in great profit, for about and af- 

 ter Michaelmas all their whole 8;ardens 

 at Rotherhith, Lambethy and other ad- 

 jacent places, are nothing elfe; where 

 putting them into a kind of baskets they 

 call maunds, they fell them from two, 

 to three, four, or five fhiilings per maund, 

 that does not hold above a dozen, a 

 dozen and half, or two dozen at moft, 

 fewer or more according as the artichokes 

 are in fize 5 thofe that are the largeft be- 

 ing the moft valuable, as yielding what 

 they call the largeft bottoms, and confe- 

 quently the moft meat. 

 ofthefea- Thcrc is but one feafon for flipping 

 [on and and tranfplauting of artichokes, though 

 7hrpropL "^hey come in at different feafons 5 the 

 gation Wfirft begin to appear in Mayj and while 

 TllZket^^^y Jire fmall are often fry d by the 

 cook, for feveral ufes in the kitchen 5 

 but in June and July they will be in 

 perfection, according as the ftem is more 

 or lefs in good proof 5 for thefc firft 

 always come from old roots or ftems, 

 that have been planted two or three 

 years j fpr which reafon you fhould al- 

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