00 LUTHER BUHBANK 



for a few weeks m an- ^^u mK- 60 the pf-r -^"-ity 

 of the winter rimbArb from the sUodpoi : he 



grower as well m of the dealer and consumt 

 is not hard to understand. 



It niay be added, aa fur' ^ lite 



unuaual qualities of the new j^.i..... .....v ,, piro^^- 



in almost any soil, although giving quick i 

 spouse to good ooadiUons of cultivation lik ^ 

 older varieties; that it propagates readily from 

 root division and under these circiimstaiices re- 

 mains altogether true to the perfected type; an<) 

 that it is unusually productive and requires i^ 

 unusual attention, so that any amateur may grow 

 it in his garden even more readily than he grows 

 the ordinary* rhubarb. 



It must be understood, however* that the plant 

 cannot thrive in latitudes where it is buried unci 

 snow, as the steady production of leaves appears 

 to be essentia] to its very existence. 



In the colder parts of California it does indeed 

 cease to grow actively in the heart of winter, but 

 even then it submits to adverse conditions rein 

 tantly, if the phrase may be permitted; that is, 

 it stops putting forth new leaves only when 

 the conditions are exceedingly unfavorable and 

 immediately resumes new growth when the 

 slightest change for the better in the weatli- 

 occurs. 



