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The Housewife's Favorite. 
RHUBARB, familiarly known as Pie Plant or Wine Plant, is cultivated 
in gardens for its leaf stalks, which are used for sauce, pies, tarts, canning, etc. 
The plant is so well known that it is useless to speak of it. The large size, fine 
texture and superior quality of the new varieties of Rhubarb over the old culti- 
vated " Pie Plant " cannot be conceived by those who have never grown it. It 
is very profitable to grow for market purposes, as it is always in demand and 
commands good prices. It grows very rapidly and requires so little cultivation, 
that probably it is one of the most money producing plants to be found in any 
garden. Be sure to plant some for home use if you dont care to go into it on a 
large scale. 
PLANTING AND CULTIVATING. 
The plants should be set four feet apart each way, and the stalks will be 
fit for use the second season after planting. 
We have frequently grown stalks, with ordinary cultivation, as thick as 
a man's wrist, and from three to four feet in length, and with deep and rich 
cultivation this is usually the case ; in fact, no plant is more benefited by a 
heavy coat of strong rich manure than the Rhubarb. 
VARIETIES. 
We name three varieties which from our own tests we can highly 
recommend as being strictly first-class. 
MYATT'S LINN/EUS. This is the finest rhubarb produced and what we 
•would recommend for either home or market use. I» is very early, very tender, 
and has a mild, rich, sub-acid flavor. There is nothing "stringy" or tough about 
it, and is the very finest on the market. The plant is large, and for pies or other 
culinary purposes it is the housewife's favorite. This is the variety that will suit 
you best. 
EARLY SCARLET. This is a rather small plant, but very early, tender and 
good. Where an assortment is wanted, it goes well with above named sort. 
. VICTORIA. This is of medium size and is quite a favorite in certain sections 
of the country. It is early, tender and quite productive. We do not think it 
quite so fine a flavor as preceding varieties. 
