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Forcing Rhubarb and Asparagus 

 Without Expense 



RHUBARB and asparagus may be 

 "rushed" in early spring and brought, 

 steaming, to the table from two to four weeks 

 earlier than is usual with the home-grown 

 product. Set half a barrel, with both ends 

 out, over a clump and force it into the ground 

 slightly. Pile fresh stable manure, steaming 

 hot, against the outside of each half-barrel, 

 and lay hotbed sash across the top if weather 

 is still freezing cold. A four-sided box, 

 smaller at top than at bottom, is used for the 

 same purpose, and though more convenient, 

 is not always so available as the half-barrel. 

 Cover the barrel with old bagging or straw. 

 During March, three weeks will give a 

 crop of excellent, tender rhubarb. The 

 plant is not injured by this mild forcing, 

 and can be used for the same purpose next 

 year. 



If the plants are thus protected by boxes 

 or barrels in fall before freezing, and packed 

 loosely inside and solidly outside with litter, 

 good, tender stalks may be had even earlier. 

 The litter should be cleared away in Feb- 

 ruary and fermenting manure used as de- 

 scribed above. 



Coldframes, hotbeds, greenhouses and 

 mushroom caves are all used for forcing 

 rhubarb, but lacking these one may utilize 

 an ordinary root-cellar. The only require- 

 ments of this hardy plant are warmth and 

 moisture. It will grow best in a temperature 

 cf from 45 to 6o°. The less light they have 

 the tenderer the stalks will be and the ruddier 

 their color. The acidity also is less in cellar- 

 grown pie plant, and less sugar is required in 

 cooking. For cellar forcing, plants should 

 be dug any time after frost from beds three 

 or four years set. They should be lightly 

 covered, to prevent alternate freezing and 

 thawing, and allowed to remain outdoors 

 until slightly frozen. The roots may then be 

 packed closely in a box or even on cellar 

 floor. Soil should be filled in between the 

 roots, and the crowns buried from four to six 

 inches. The temperature should be even 

 and the soil moist. In a cold cellar a lighted 

 lantern placed near the plants often supplies 

 enough heat. 



A dozen strong roots will supply a small 

 family with a taste of these vegetable, so 

 delectable in earliest spring. The roots once 

 forced in the cellar are thrown away. The 

 family asparagus and rhubarb beds that have 

 had good care for several years ought to be 

 able to spare a few well-stored roots for this 

 purpose every winter. 



