All I can really tell you is, Watsonville (or is it Castroville, I ca never
quite remember), California.  They are known as the "artichoke capital."  If
you contact your local Agriculture Commission (every county has one) they
should be able to help you further.

Watsonville is located south of San Jose, west of Salinas, and north of
Monterey, just inland.  It has a moderate climate.  One of the other major
crops grown here are Strawberries.

The artichoke's genus and species is Cynara scolymus.  It is allied to the
Thistle, and should not be confused with the Jerusalem Artichoke which is a
species of Sunflower (I guess you could call it a giant Daisey) which has an
edible tuberous root.

Hope this is helpful, let me know what else you find out.

Robyn

At 15:00 5/26/96 -0600, you wrote:
>Can anyone tell me where artichokes come
>from.
>Heidi Anderson
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