HYBRID RHUBARB. 
*205 
in the month of September, I received a letter of thanks, stating his 
success, viz. that the four pots of vines had produced 117 fine hunches 
of grapes. What must have been the gratification of the individual 
during the summer, in observing their progress through the different 
stages of growth, and in a house, the foundation of which I can ven¬ 
ture to say was not laid before the twelfth of April. 
Willersley, March 12///, 1834. 
ARTICLE V. 
ON WATSON’S BEARDED HYBRID RHUBARB. 
BY A. W. 
I have several years cultivated this sort of Rhubarb, to the great 
joy of my young family, who pertinaciously refuse to partake of three 
other varieties, to which they have access, and who have always given 
a preference to puddings, tarts, &c. composed of the Rhubarb in 
question, to those made of the choicest varieties of fruit usually ap¬ 
plied to the like purposes. But not only have my family exhibited 
a predilection for its flavour, for my friends have extended their de¬ 
sires to the possession of its roots, insomuch that I feel a difficulty 
in keeping up a needful supply. I had possessed this esteemed va¬ 
riety of Rhubarb for some years, and had been frequently interroga¬ 
ted as to its name and other particulars, of which I could give no sa¬ 
tisfactory account, until I saw it so lucidly described in the Register' 
some months ago, and thereby became acquainted with its name, 
history, &c. which tome was a source of high gratification. 
Then judge of my surprise, at seeing in the last Register, page 
138, that two other sorts were recommended in preference to Wat¬ 
son’s. I forthwith proceeded to a neighbour’s garden, at which I 
knew there was growing Wilmot’s, from the seed forwarded last year 
with the Register, and procured a few stalks. I weighed off half a 
pound, and the like quantity of Watson’s, and applied an equal quan¬ 
tity of sugar to each, and of course boiled them down separately. On 
tasting, my second surprise was greater than the first, for my old 
favourite was as much superior in flavour and appearance as one 
thing can well be to another. To the Gigantic,! had not the oppor- 
tunitv of applying the like test. The stalks were plucked on the 
fourth day of March, grown in an open situation, without any pro¬ 
tection, or forcing, my own sort having the advantage of several 
inches in length. 
