Artichoke production in Italy artichoke to Florence. By 1473, it had arrived in Venice. In 1915, 64,000 tons were produced. Italy produces dozens of varieties. Artichoke production in Italy Artichoke production in Italy has a long history. Italy is the world's largest producer of artichokes. With Spain and France, the three countries produce more than 80% of the world's artichokes. There are two theories as to its origin: artichokes may have come from the Levant, derived from the cardoon or thistle through a cross-fertilization process, while others attribute it to the work of Italian horticulturists. The first record of artichoke cultivation in Italy was
Complete variety Complete variety In mathematics, in particular in algebraic geometry, a complete algebraic variety is an algebraic variety "X", such that for any variety "Y" the projection morphism is a closed map, i.e. maps closed sets onto closed sets. This can be seen as an analogue of compactness in algebraic geometry: a topological space "X" is compact if and only if projection along "X" is a closed map in any product "X" × "Y", equipped with product topology. The image of a complete variety is closed and is a complete variety. A closed subvariety of a complete variety is complete. A