Proven Berry Plants r y KNOTT’S BERRY PLACE 
Trees and Vines 
We planted this three acre field of Cherry rhubarb in February, 1932. This 
photograph was taken October 14th, just eight months later. The men have just 
finished cutting and packing a carload of rhubarb (990 boxes) from a little less 
than half of the patch. The shipper’s advance on this was 30c per box or $297.00 
for the car. This field was cut again in the winter and still again in the spring. 
The winter cutting brought the highest prices because rhubarb is in the greatest 
demand in the winter time. 
The One Best Rhubarb 
Cherry Giant —After trying the com¬ 
mon varieties of rhubarb and finding 
them unprofitable, 8 years ago we paid 
$80.00 per hundred for our start of 
Cherry. It proved profitable from the 
start. Since that time we have been in¬ 
creasing our planting as fast as pos¬ 
sible, until last season we had a limited 
number of plants to offer our custom¬ 
ers. This fine rhubarb grows through¬ 
out the entire year and except for a 
short time in the warmest part of the 
summer the stems are a beautiful cherry 
red their entire length. It is a little less 
acid and better flavored than other sorts 
and even if it were not better, its beau¬ 
tiful red color would sell it. The stems 
are very large, but so tender that they 
do not require peeling when cooked. It is 
a very heavy yielder; four plants, if well 
cared for, is ample to supply an ordi¬ 
nary family with all the rhubarb they 
can use every week in the year. We 
often pick fifteen pounds of the most 
beautiful red rhubarb from a single 
plant at one time and in a few weeks 
it is ready to pick again. Plants set 
out in the spring are ready to start 
picking by September. Commercial grow¬ 
ers are finding that the market is de¬ 
manding this red rhubarb more and more 
each year. It is getting so that the 
common sorts will hardly sell at any 
price. It cannot be grown from seed, 
but has to be propagated by subdividing 
the plants, which makes it more costly 
than some of the common varieties. It 
is sure worth the difference, though, be¬ 
cause after once getting a start you can 
always increase your planting by sub¬ 
dividing, thus always having an in¬ 
creasing number of this superior rhu¬ 
barb. When a man devotes high-priced 
land and expensive labor to growing a 
crop it certainly pays to only grow the 
very best and something that the mar¬ 
ket wants. For the market gardener or 
the man with an acre or two of land 
who is trying to produce something to 
sell all the year around we certainly 
recommend Cherry Giant. One hundred 
plants will set four rows 100 feet long 
and will produce an astonishing amount 
of the finest red stems, and will produce 
them straight through the winter in the 
warmer sections. For best results rhu¬ 
barb requires plenty of moisture and 
either very rich land or liberal fertiliza¬ 
tion. Plant four feet apart in rows six 
or seven feet across. 
Prices prepaid—Each 25c, 5 for $1.00, 
10 for $2.00, 25 for $3.50, 50 for $6.00, 
100 for $9.00, 500 for $40.00, 1000 for 
$75.00. 
Rhubarb plants are heavy so we can 
make a very liberal discount for plants 
f. o. b. here. Write for quantity prices. 
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2 Cherry Rhubarb is Good as Well as Good for You | 
TRY THIS RECIPE FOR RHUBARB SAUCE = 
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Wash and cut up one pound of Cherry Rhubarb, but do not peel; add s 
four cups of water and two cups of sugar. Cook in an open kettle from S 
eight to ten minutes after it starts to boil, the time depending on how s 
young the rhubarb is. (If you put lid on kettle the rhubarb pieces will = 
mash up.) Let stand a few hours for the rhubarb to absorb sugar from Z 
the juice before serving. □ 
q IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH CHERRY RHUBARB WRITE US 
— AND WE WILL MAIL YOU A SAMPLE. 
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