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is said that if taken when about half grown they are tender and 
agreeable. 
We had opportunity to test on the table the Green Globe Artichoke, a 
few plants of which were grown last year from seed. The plants do 
not yield a great amount of food, as only a portion of the flower head 
is used. This was pronounced very delicate and palatable. 
POTATO. 
We planted in the garden twenty-two single eyes each (with a few ex- 
ceptions) of ninety-two so-called varieties of potato, for the purpose 
of comparing their respective qualities, and also for the verification of 
an experiment made last season of cutting the eyes to different depths. 
This number of eyes was tiken because it best suited the length of 
our rows. ‘I'he eyes were planted about two inches deep and one foot 
apart, on slight ridges, the centers of which were three and a half 
| feet apart. The plants were not “hilled up,’ and were cultivated 
_ only sufficiently to keep down weeds. 
: The data noted as to yields, earliness, amount of decay, etc,, are 
condensed in the following table, in which the names are arranged 
alphabetically: 
