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In several of the large rhubarb fields of Long Island, 

 another form of blight or similar disease has been 

 noticed, and is the cause of some uneasiness in that lo- 

 cality. This blight causes a yellow appearance of the 

 leaves, and a somewhat stunted growth. It appears much 

 earlier in the season than the ordinary blight which 

 attends the dying down of the foliage in September. 

 It appears mostly on hills which have been set three 

 yesLTs or more, and the effect is to seriously lessen the 

 vigor and productiveness. One of the K"ew York ex- 

 periment stations is now engaged in a study of this 

 disease. 



Culture of Medicinal Ehuharh. — Various attempts 

 have been made to raise the medicinal rhubarb in the 

 United States, and there is every reason to suppose the 



Plant ov the Medicinal Rhubarb. 



plant will thrive and yield a first quality product, when 

 grown in a mild climate. It does not seem to succeed 

 too far north. When on trial at the Massachusetts ex- 

 periment station it did not appear to thrive or to give 

 any promise of profitable growth and the plants were re- 

 moved. 



