Keywords: The field and garden vegetables of America (Page 149) (6002093625).jpg THE ARTICHOKE <br> 149 <br> CHAPTER III <br> ASPARAGINOUS PLANTS <br> The Artichoke Asparagus Cardoon Hop Oosung Phytolacca <br> THE ARTICHOKE <br> Cynarus scolymus <br> The Artichoke is a hardy perennial The stem is from four <br> to five feet in height with numerous branches ; the leaves <br> are of remarkable size <br> frequently measuring <br> three feet and some- <br> times nearly four feet <br> in length pinnatifid <br> or deeply cut on the <br> borders and more or <br> less invested with an <br> ash-colored down ; the <br> mid - ribs are large <br> fleshy and deeply <br> grooved or furrowed ; <br> the flowers are large <br> terminal and consist <br> of numerous blue flo- <br> rets enclosed by fleshy <br> pointed scales ; the <br> seeds eight hundred <br> and fifty of which <br> are contained in an <br> Green Globe Artichoke 29062487 92326 42073 Page 149 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/29062487 1863 10 5962/bhl title 42073 Burr Fearing NameFound Asparagus NameConfirmed Asparagus var pygmaeus Makino EOLID 10487111 NameFound Cynarus scolymus NameConfirmed Cynara scolymus EOLID 467499 NameBankID 2658448 NameFound Phytolacca NameConfirmed Phytolacca EOLID 39080 NameBankID 2576535 Biodiversity Heritage Library The field and garden vegetables of America United States Varieties Vegetable gardening Vegetables Library Congress bhl page 29062487 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/29062487 united states Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2011-08-02 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/6002093625 2015-09-10 21 03 23 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The field and garden vegetables of America Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script |