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Title

parable of the artichoke

Year

1964

Archive ID

64-14

Medium

Serigraph

Transcribed Text

Transcribed Text

Will survive hot, dry weather, poor soil yields carbohydrates as inulidies levulose upon hydrolysis starch hydrolysed to dextrose tubers yield rich on early removal of tops when left undisturbed in their wood. A mystery
Sam Eisenstein

Parable of the artichoke
Usually cynara scolymus, sometimes cariofo domestico or spinoso for soup with iron, mineral salts and iodine boiled, baked, fried, stuffed and salad
Whole, halved or quartered, hot with mayonnaise or butter a globe whole. Helianthus tuberosus (or girasole, from whence the mistake for Jerusalem) a sunflower for sheep, cattle, hogs, pickles
deep the Jerusalem artichoke requires deep, rich soil, ample moisture

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Width

36"

Height

24"
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