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never yet succeeded in growing a crop of rhubarb or of 

 gooseberries or currants there, though all succeed in the 

 western part of the state in the valleys and table lands 

 elevated from 2,000 to 4,000 feet above the sea. 



The elevated regions of Arkansas are likewise favor- 

 able to successful culture of rhubarb, although the plant 

 has received no special attention, and there are as yet 

 no large growers. Horticulturist Walker of the Arkan- 

 sas state experiment station wr'.tes: — 



"We have growing, a few plants of Linnaeus rhubarb 

 at the station in Fayetteville, and I am convinced that 

 with attention to cultivation in the heat of summer, and 

 the selection, so far as possible, of the cooler locations, 

 and by thorough manuring, the plant can be grown suc- 

 cessfully even on our more sandy soils. In many re- 

 spects its requirements are like those of celery. The 

 difficulty usually is with this, in common with other 

 crops, that the grower ordinarily does not give the plant 

 the proper care. In suitable soils and locations in this 

 part of the state there is little difficulty even with in- 

 different care, but in soils less perfectly suited to it, 

 good and intelligent care is the price of success. All 

 this northwest portion of the state is elevated. Just 

 how well the plant will do in the lower and warmer parts 

 of the state remains to be determined." 



One-half acre of Linna3us rhubarb is grown by R. C. 

 McCullom near Fayetteville, and he seems to make it 

 thrive as well as in the north. He declares he finds 

 it about the most profitable of all his crops. It is planted 

 in rows about four feet apart, by two and one half or 

 three feet in the row. The location is on the top of a 

 mountain at an elevation of some 1,200 feet or more. 

 The formation is limestone. The soil is a rich clay 

 loam, very similar to the soil in the blue grass lands of 



