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ly practiced by Western growers, except that to econ- 

 omize in glass, the roots were dug out and placed in hot- 

 bed boxes. It is a back number here, however, for many 

 reasons. 



First, the color and quality by the New Culture are 

 vastly superior to that grown under glass, second, the 

 old method can hasten the crop but a few days at best, 

 whereas tons of it can be grown in the cellars before 

 the glass out in the field could have the least possible 

 effect. Third, the dark forcing gives very little leaf, 

 never opening out on a large portion ef the stalks. 

 Grown under glass, most of the strength is lost in the 

 leaf which grows rank and green. 



By the new method, rhubarb, and a finer quality 

 than was ever grown in the field or under glass, may be 

 grown for home use or market from the middle of 

 December to April. 



Growing in Crreenhouse. — This method is essentially 

 the same in detail, though not in results, as the new 

 culture. The labor of lifting and setting the roots would 

 be the same. The season under either would be prac- 

 tically the same. At this point the methods part com- 

 pany and the results of the new culture by practical 

 demonstrations are clearly shown to be far and away 

 ahead of the old, first as to, 



Quality. — Xo method of culture, either outdoor or 

 forced, where light is used has ever produced an article 

 equal to the dark forced. The color, quality, and absence 

 of leaf are all in favor of the new culture; and in so 

 far as tested for that particular point the yield is also 

 greater. And as to. 



Adaptability. — Greenhouse culture would of neces- 

 sity be limited to a very few growers, and they the lucky 

 possessors of a greenhouse. In the Xew Culture, the 



