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ARTICHOKE. 
Artichaut. Cynara. 
VARIETIES. 
Cynara Scolymus, or Frencn. I Cynara Hortensis, or Globe. 
The garden Artichoke is a native of the South of Europe, 
and much cultivated for the London and Paris markets. It 
is a perennial plant, producing from the root annually its 
large squamose heads, in full growth, from June or July, 
until October or November. The Globe Artichoke, which 
produces large globular heads, is best for general culture, 
the heads being considerably larger, and the eatable parts 
more thick and plump. 
Both sorts may be raised from seed, * or young suckers 
taken from old plants in the spring. A plantation of Arti- 
chokes will produce good heads six or seven years, and 
sometimes longer ; but it must be observed, that if a supply 
of this delicious vegetable be required throughout the season, 
a small plantation should be made from suckers every spring, 
for a successive crop, as the young plants will continue to 
produce their heads in perfection, after the crops of the old 
standing ones are over. 
The most likely way to obtain a supply of Artichokes 
from seed, is to sow the seed in the latter end of March, or 
at any time in April, in a bed of good rich earth, or it may 
be planted in drills one inch deep, and about twelve inches 
apart. The ground should be light and moist, not such as is 
apt to become bound up by heat, or that, in consequence of 
One ounce of seed will produce about six hundred plants 
