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Varieties. The Monarch is largely grown. It has a very 

 wide, flat stem. The Victoria has red, long stems, rather 

 sharp acid, but a very productive sort and popular. Lin- 

 naeus is early, large, thick stems, of excellent flavor and 

 less acid. 



The Crimson Winter, introduced from Australia by Lu- 

 ther Burbank about 1895, and sold by him to the trade in 

 1900, has revolutionized rhubarb growing in California by 

 completely reversing the market season. This variety and 

 its improvements by Mr. Burbank and by others who have 

 practiced selection since he sold it out, has multiplied the 

 rhubarb acreage of the State and vastly increased the ser- 

 viceability and commercial suitability of the plant. It has 

 precluded forcing in California and promises to render 

 forcing unprofitable even in the wintry parts of the coun- 

 try because of the large supplies of open air rhubarb which 

 are available for shipment from this State at all times of 

 the year when the summer varieties grown in wintry cli- 

 mates are unproductive. 



