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Show A NEGLECTED VEGETABLE. The artichoke, which can bo grown In nlmoet any garden, makes a .delicious change In the vcgvtAblo j dishes for the table The plant is per lennlal, but declines rapidly, and' should bo icsct every three yearn It is propagated lrom seed, and the suckers aro set out, producing edible heads the second uar Tho heads aro from three ,lo four Inches In dlumoter, and are ready to cut for the table just before they open For plckllngr tho heads are often takon when about half grown. The leaves are sometimes blancheu and eaten, and these form the salad plants which aro seen on the market. |