200 GARDENING FOR PROFIT. 



Rose-COlored Chinese. — A valuable variety ; color pink 



lYmiiI- or rose ; skin smooth ; of sharp but aorree- 



able flavor. Keeps as well as any. 



f Black Spanish. — A very hardy variety 



often preserved, keeps as "well as any 



js ^\ otlier root in sand until mid-winter, in 



j||, cellar or root-house ; large size ; color 



grayish-black; rather harsh in flavor. 



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RHUBARB.— [Bheum ffliaponticum.) 



Rhubarb is now cultivated largely for 

 Fig. 63.— rose- mar k e t purposes in the vicinity of all 



COLORED CHINESE , 



radish. large cities, and ihw private gardens 



are without it. Its culture is of the simplest kind. It is 

 increased by division of the root, every portion of which 

 that has an eye or bud will form a plant. It is essential, 

 to grow it early and in perfection, that the soil be broken 

 up at least 18 inches deep by the plow and subsoiler, and 

 manured heavily ; 100 tous per acre, if attainable, will be 

 none too much. It may be planted in early spring, or in 

 fall, 3 feet apart each way ; if planted in spring, on ground 

 well prepared, a full crop can be gathered the succeeding 

 season. It is a vegetable requiring but little labor; once 

 planted, it will remain in bearing condition for three or 

 four years, only requiring a top-dressing of manure, dug 

 in, in spring or fall. It is one of those crops of which it 

 is difficult to state the value per acre ; as in the varying 

 conditions of earliness, it is sold from $200 to $1000 per 



