FRUIT DEPARTMENT— RHUBARB, MULBERRIES 
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ground. If planted in the Fall the whole bed should be covered before 
Winter sets in with two to three inches of stable manure, which may be 
lightly forked in between the rows as soon as the ground opens in the 
Spring. 
Conover’s Colossal. This variety is much 
superior in size and quality to any of the 
old common varieties, being remarkably 
tender and of very fine flavor. 
Columbia Mammoth White. It produces 
shoots which are white and remain so as 
long as fit for use. In addition to the 
marvelous advantage of its white color, it 
is more robust and vigorous in habit, and 
grows larger shoots, and fully as many of 
them as the Conover’s Colossal. Market- 
gardeners, growers for canneries and ama- 
teurs should give this great acquisition a 
thorough trial. 
Palmetto. A very early variety. Even, 
regular size; excellent quality. 
Rhubarb or Pie Plant. 
T HIS deserves to be ranked among the best early products of the gar- 
den. It affords the earliest material for fine pies and fresh table sauce, 
continues long in use, and is valuable for canning. Make the ground rich 
and deep and thus secure a more tender growth. A deep, rich soil is in- 
dispensible to secure large, heavy stalks. Plant in rows four feet apart, 
with the plants three feet distant. So that the crowns are about an inch 
below the surface. Apply annually in the Fall top dressing with stable 
manure and fork under in the Spring. 
Australian Crimson Winter. Is fully six 
months earlier than any other rhubarb. 
The stalk is of medium size, well-grown 
ones average 12 to 18 inches in length and 
about J to one inch in diameter, they are 
pale greenish crimson color, turning, when 
cooked to a light crimson and of very best 
quality. The plants are somewhat more 
inclined to blossom than the other kinds, 
which is easily remedied by topping. Crim- 
son Winter starts to grow vigorously by 
October and continues to produce stalks 
continuously until after the common var- 
ieties make their first appearance. If 
moist, will produce stalks abundantly at 
any season in warm districts. 
Dodge’s Prolific. A valuable new variety; 
seedling from the Myatt’s Linnaei.s. 
Ripens between the Victoria and Lin- 
naeus. Large, stalks often three to four 
feet high; tender. The best variety that 
has been introduced, unless it is the Aus- 
tralian Crimson Winter, which stands in 
a class by itself. 
Linnaeus. Large, early, tender and fine. 
The very best of the old varieties. 
Victoria. Large and valuable for market. 
Early. 
Mulberries. 
T HE MULBERRY is valuable as an ornamental shade tree, and the fruit 
is much liked in many sections. Plant in deep, rich, sandy loam. I he 
tree requires little or no pruning, and is of easy culture. 
Downing’s Everbearing. The beauty of 
this as a lawn or a street tree is quite 
enough to commend it, but, in addition, it 
yields an abundant supply of its large re- 
freshing berries for about three months. 
Henry Ward Beecher says: “I regard it 
as an indispensable addition to every fruit 
garden; and I speak what I think when I 
say I would rather have one tree of Down- 
ing’s Everbearing mulberries than a bed 
of strawberries.” 
New American. Equal to Downing’s in 
all respects, and a much hardier tree. 
