Artichoke

Artichoke

Type	Crop
Season	Fall
Seed	Artichoke Seeds
Growth Time	8 days
Sell Price	160g

Artichoke is a Fall vegetable that only becomes easy to grow from the second year onward. Its seeds are cheap and the crop sells well, so each seed returns several times its cost. That makes it one of the better single-harvest crops of Fall. Artichoke goes into two dishes, the simple Artichoke Dip and the Super Meal, which boosts energy and speed. Most villagers like it as a gift, and it serves as a green dye in tailoring.

Growing

Artichoke grows through five stages and gives one harvest per plant. A Fall field planted on the first day fits three harvests in a row before winter.

Pierre's General Store only stocks Artichoke Seeds from the second year. In the first year, planting Mixed Seeds in Fall can still turn up the crop. Any Artichoke harvested that way can go into a Seed Maker to make more seeds. This lets a farm start an Artichoke patch a year early.

Speed-Gro and the Agriculturist profession shorten the growing time. A shorter cycle can help fit an extra planting into the season.

Deluxe Fertilizer lets Artichoke reach iridium quality. Higher quality raises the sell price and the energy and health it restores. The crop can also be grown in the Greenhouse, where the seasons do not matter.

Prices

Its low seed cost makes Artichoke stand out. Each seed returns more than five times its price when the crop is sold raw. Few Fall crops turn so little money into so much.

The Tiller profession raises the raw crop's price by ten percent. Gold and iridium quality add more on top.

As a vegetable, Artichoke can become Juice in a Keg or Pickles in a Preserves Jar. Both sell for a little more than twice the raw crop. Pickles are worth slightly more and finish faster, so the Preserves Jar is the better machine for it. The Artisan profession adds forty percent to either product. Neither machine looks at crop quality, so plain Artichokes are the ones to process.

Sell prices by quality, with the bonus from each profession.

Quality	Price	Tiller (+10%)
Normal	160g	176g
Silver	200g	220g
Gold	240g	264g
Iridium	320g	352g

Uses

Cooking one Artichoke with one Milk makes Artichoke Dip, a simple dish. The Queen of Sauce teaches it on television near the end of the first Fall. It restores a good amount of energy, though it sells for less than its two ingredients together. It is worth cooking for its energy, not for profit.

Cooking Artichoke with Bok Choy and Cranberries makes the Super Meal. Kent sends the recipe by mail at seven hearts of friendship. The meal gives a large energy boost, raises maximum energy and adds a point of speed for a few minutes. That makes it handy for long days in the mines or on the farm.

From the second year, Artichoke may appear as a Fall request on the Help Wanted board outside Pierre's General Store. The reward is three times the crop's value plus friendship with the villager who asked.

In tailoring, Artichoke in the Sewing Machine with Cloth makes a dyeable Button Down Shirt. On a dyeable clothing item it gives a green colour. It also fits the green dye pot in Emily and Haley's house.

Cooking

Cooking Artichoke with the other ingredients below makes these dishes.

Dish	Image	Ingredients
Artichoke Dip		Artichoke (1), Milk (1)
Super Meal		Bok Choy (1), Cranberries (1), Artichoke (1)

Gifts

Artichoke is a liked gift for most of the valley. The Dwarf, Krobus, Sandy and the Wizard count Artichoke as a liked gift. The shopkeepers Clint, Gus, Marnie, Pierre, Robin and Willy share that view, and so do the bachelors and bachelorettes Alex, Elliott, Emily, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Penny, Sebastian and Shane. The older residents Caroline, Demetrius, Evelyn, George, Jodi, Kent, Lewis, Linus and Pam like it too, and so does Leo.

Abigail, Haley, Jas, Sam and Vincent dislike it.

With so many villagers on the liked list, a small stack covers a week of Fall gifts for most of the village.

Notes

Save a few Artichokes from the first harvest of the second year. Kent's Super Meal needs one, and Artichoke Dip needs another.

Mixed Seeds planted in Fall of the first year are worth checking for Artichokes. One lucky plant and a Seed Maker give a head start on the second year's field.

All Crops

Every crop, with its season, growth time and normal-quality sell price.

Crop	Season	Growth	Price
Blue Jazz	Spring	7 days	50g
Carrot	Spring	3 days	35g
Cauliflower	Spring	12 days	175g
Garlic	Spring	4 days	60g
Green Bean	Spring	10 days	40g
Kale	Spring	6 days	110g
Parsnip	Spring	4 days	35g
Potato	Spring	6 days	80g
Rhubarb	Spring	13 days	220g
Strawberry	Spring	8 days	120g
Tulip	Spring	6 days	30g
Unmilled Rice	Spring	-	-
Ancient Fruit	Spring, Summer, Fall	28 days	550g
Tea Leaves	Spring, Summer, Fall	20 days	-
Blueberry	Summer	13 days	50g
Hops	Summer	11 days	25g
Hot Pepper	Summer	5 days	40g
Melon	Summer	12 days	250g
Poppy	Summer	7 days	140g
Radish	Summer	6 days	90g
Red Cabbage	Summer	9 days	260g
Starfruit	Summer	13 days	750g
Summer Spangle	Summer	8 days	90g
Summer Squash	Summer	6 days	-
Tomato	Summer	11 days	60g
Corn	Summer, Fall	14 days	50g
Sunflower	Summer, Fall	8 days	80g
Wheat	Summer, Fall	4 days	25g
Amaranth	Fall	7 days	150g
Artichoke	Fall	8 days	160g
Beet	Fall	6 days	100g
Bok Choy	Fall	4 days	80g
Cranberries	Fall	7 days	-
Eggplant	Fall	5 days	60g
Fairy Rose	Fall	12 days	-
Pumpkin	Fall	13 days	320g
Sweet Gem Berry	Fall	24 days	-
Yam	Fall	10 days	160g
Powdermelon	Winter	-	60g
Broccoli	-	-	-
Cactus Fruit	-	-	75g
Grape	-	-	80g
Pineapple	-	-	-
Qi Fruit	-	-	-
Taro Root	-	10 days	100g