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With help from gibberellic acid, ‘Imperial Star’ can produce as much as 1,540 pounds per acre, while ‘Green Queen’ can produce 10,485 pounds per acre, Agehara said.
[10] [11] The cardoon is mentioned as a garden plant in the eighth century BCE by Homer and Hesiod. Pliny the Elder mentioned growing of 'carduus' in Carthage and Cordoba. [12] In North Africa, where it is still found in the wild state, the seeds of artichokes, probably cultivated, were found during the excavation of Roman-period Mons ...
Its common names include Florida betony, [1] Florida hedgenettle, [4] and rattlesnake weed. [3] It has been called wild artichoke , but it is not closely related to artichoke . [ 5 ] The plant was the Florida Department of Agriculture's "Weed of the Month" for February 2010.
The cardoon (Cynara cardunculus / ˈ s ɪ n ər ə k ɑːr ˈ d ʌ n k j ʊ l ə s /), [2] [3] also called the artichoke thistle, is a thistle in the family Asteraceae.It is a naturally occurring species that also has many cultivated forms, including the globe artichoke.
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Florida: State fruit: Orange: 2005 [23] [24] State pie: Key lime pie: 2006 [25] State honey: Tupelo honey: 2016 [26] Georgia [notes 2] [27] State vegetable: Vidalia ...
By: Emily McKenna. I love the grassy, sweet taste of artichokes — the bud of a flower in the thistle family. But when I first started cooking, artichokes intimidated me.
The plant's high competitiveness may be due to allelopathic effects, [49] high plant size, [50] and rapid growth rate. [ 51 ] Crop yields are high, typically 16–20 tonnes per hectare (7–9 short ton/acre) for tubers, and 18–28 tonnes per hectare (8–12 short ton/acre) green weight for foliage.