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well as high flavored, and possessing little acidity, it has a 

 skin so thin, that removing it is hardly necessary ; and its 

 pulp, when stewed, has the uniform consistence of baked 

 Rhode Island Greenings, and it continues equally crisp and 

 tender throughout the summer and early autumn." One of 

 the best sorts for a small garden or for family use. 



Myatt's Vic- Leaves large, broader than long, deep green, 

 VICTORIA. blistered on the surface, and much waved or 

 undulated on the borders. Leaf-stalks very 

 large, varying from two inches and a half to three inches in 

 their broadest diameter, and frequently measuring upwards 

 of two feet and a half in length ; the weight of a well-devel- 

 oped stalk, divested of the leaf, is about two pounds. They 

 are stained with red at their base, and are often reddish, or 

 finely spotted with red, to the nerves of the leaf. 



It has rather a thick skin, is more acid than many other 

 varieties, and not particularly high flavored ; but no kind is 

 more productive ; and this, in connection with its extraordi- 

 nary size, makes it not only the most salable, but one of the 

 most profitable, kinds for growing for the market. 



It requires a deep, highly-manured soil ; and the roots 

 should be divided and reset once in four or five years. It is 

 about a fortnight later than the Linnaeus. 



Nepal. The leaf-stalks attain an immense size, but 



RHEUM AUSTRA- /. /> c .1 i 



LE. Timinp. are unfit lor use on account ot their strongly 



RHEUM EMODI. 



purgative properties ; but the leaves, which are 

 frequently a yard in diameter, are useful in covering baskets 

 containing vegetables or fruit, and for these the plant is some- 

 times cultivated. 



Tobolsk Leaves comparatively small ; leaf-stalks be- 



Rhubarb. 

 EARLY RED TO- low medium size, stained with red at the base. 



BOLSK. 



