PRESTON’S BERRY RANCH 
FIELD OF RHUBARB SEVEN MONTHS AFTER PLANTING 
Embree’s Giant Cherry Rhubarb 
This is the best variety grown in 
California, and produces large well- 
havored cherry colored stalks. There 
are some other strans of the cherry, 
but Embree’s is generally considered 
the best. It contains very little acid, 
and is so tender that it may be cook¬ 
ed without peeling. 
Three or four plants if well cared 
for will supply the average family 
with rhubarb throughout the year. If 
the plants are set out in .lanuary, 
February, or March the first crop will 
be ready to pull in six or eight 
months. 
Plants of this variety will not come 
true from the seed, but have to be 
propagated I y subdividing the crown s 
which makes it more expensive than 
the common varieties. However it is 
well worth the difference in price, 
and you can make your plants after 
you once get started. 
We pick three and some times four 
crops during the year, and the mar¬ 
ket demand is good. Often the crop 
will average seven to ten tons per 
acre for one pulling. For best re¬ 
sults it should be well fertilized and 
irrigated often. Most all the com¬ 
mercial growers fertilize with manu¬ 
re in the late summer or fall, and in 
addition use light applications (200 
to 300 lbs. per acre) of sulphate of 
ammonia, nitrate of lime, or other 
nitrogenious fertilizer after each 
pulling. When pulling, the stalks 
should be pulled not cut and for 
market the leaf is cut off, but leav¬ 
ing just a little of the green leaf on 
the stem. In Southern California the 
Giant Cherry is picked all through 
the winter. 
If aphis should attack the rhubarb, 
dust with nico-dust containing 3V2% 
nicotine. 
Plant four feet apart in rows six 
feet apart; 1800 plant per acre. 
Prices;—10, $2.00; 25, ,$3.50; 50, 
$6.00; 100, $9.00; 500, $40.00; 1000, 
$75.00. 
