ARTICHOKES
AN EASY CROP, TO GROW
The artichoke provides one of the easiest crops to grow, as well as one of, the most profitable. Artichokes may be grown on the same plot for several seasons without deterioration. Almost any soil suits them although a fairly light sandy soil suits them best. Sets, which should bo of moderate size and good shape, should be planted in rows 6 inches deep and 12 to 15 inches between the plants, rows being three feet apart. The plants may be earthed up in the same way as potatoes when sufficiently grown. If the tops are pinched off when three or four feet high it will prevent them [getting too tall, and also increase the j number of tubers.; The crop may remain in the ground until required for use —-they do not spoil. •" Artichokes may be grown as shelter for other crops where such is needed, otherwise the rows are best placed at the back of the plots so as not to keep off too much sun from other plants.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 71, 21 September 1933, Page 20
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176ARTICHOKES Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 71, 21 September 1933, Page 20
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