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Jaques d'Alltrades writes:
| The message
| from (Nick Maclaren) contains these words:
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| You might like to have a go at Stachys affinis ("Chinese artichoke").
| I tried it, and it isn't bad as a nibble, but doesn't like dry
| summers.
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| I bought some artichokes (subterranian) in a shop in Norwich, and they
| were long, thumblike, rather small, and very un-knobbly.
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| Any idea what these were? I've saves them for planting... (When asked,
| the assistant said: "Artichokes.")

Possible fusee Jerusalem artichokes. They are a very distinct
variant.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.