Purple Artichokes

Purple Artichokes

Purple Artichokes

Commodity Overview

Similar to standard green artichoke but its purple leaves give it a more exotic look, and they don't fade when cooked.

Characteristics

  • Commodity: Artichokes
  • Category: Cooking Vegetables
  • Characteristics: Purple, spiky leaves
  • Appearance: Similar to green artichoke but purple
  • Flesh: Purple outside, greenish-yellow inside.
  • Flavor: Nutty and rich, even more so than green artichoke
  • Size: Same as green, about softball size or larger
  • Color: Purple outside
  • Shape: Generally round
  • Suggested Preparations / Tips: Grill, steam, boil or sautee. Often served with butter
  • Seed: NA
  • Availability: Generally April through August
  • Additional Notes: Photo courtesy World Variety Produce
Retail Price Data is based on USDA Specialty Crops Market News surveys. Data collection ends on the report date and encompasses ad pricing good from the Saturday before the report release date through the following Friday. Weekly data - from over 400 retailers, comprising more than 30,000 individual stores with online weekly advertised features - covers over 250 produce items. Registered (logged-in) users, can access weekly reports and additional market information.
USDA Specialty Crops Market News publishes FOB and Movement data on a daily and weekly basis. Pricing and volume information is aggregated by commodity and published weekly, subject to any source-data adjustments. Commodity data is further processed based on origin (domestic vs imports) and type (regular vs. organic). Registered (logged-in) users, can access weekly reports and additional market information.
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