Artichoke Red Skinned Jerusalem

Description: These red skinned artichokes have far smoother shapes, less knobs on them and are red skinned when exposed to the frost. Excellent winter crop that must be cooked to eat. These have come from an old collection in Te Anau (of healer Maire Tidy) via Henry Harrington’s Collection. Several people sent them to us from behind old white bait huts on the west coast of the South Island. They need cooler winters to color up.

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Planting Instructions: Plant tubers direct into soil when ground temperature reaches 15 – 16ºC. Dig in winter when tops die down and store in damp sawdust until replanted. The tops are great carbon source for compost heaps.