Rhubarb 
One Vegetable Crop That Is Making Money 
(See Colored Picture Inside Back Cover) 
THE ONE BEST RHUBARB 
We planted this three acre field of Cherry rhubarb in February, 1932. Just eight 
months later we received $500.00 for the first cutting. For five years now, this 
field has produced three crops a year regularly and is still producing. Some single 
cuttings have sold for as much as $1000.00, and year after year returns have been 
very satisfactory. 
Cherry Giant Rhubarb—Twelve years 
ago we got our start of Cherry Rhubarb 
after losing money several years straight 
with other varieties. It was new then 
and we paid $80.00 per hundred for our 
plants (you can buy a thousand for very 
little more), but it has proved a good 
investment, for we have made money 
with our Cherry Rhubarb. We have in¬ 
creased our planting regularly until of 
late years we have had some plants to 
sell. If you are going to plant rhubarb, 
by all means plant Cherry. In California 
this fine rhubarb grows throughout the 
entire year and except for a short time 
in the warmest part of the summer the 
stems are a beautiful cherry red their en¬ 
tire length. It is a little less acid and 
better fiavored than other sorts and 
even if it were not better, its beau¬ 
tiful red color would sell it. The stems 
are 1 arge, 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. 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. 
Cherry Rhubarb prices, prepaid—each, 
35c; 3 for $1.00; 10 for $2.25; 25 for $4.00; 
50 for $7.00; 100 for $11.00; 500 for 
$50.00; 1000 for $90.00. 
Rhubarb plants are heavy so we can 
make a very liberal discount for plants 
f. o. b. here. Write for quantity prices. 
Hints on Growing Cherry 
Rhubarb 
Cherry rhybarb should be set out four 
feet apart in rows spaced six or seven 
feet across, and in California, it can be 
planted anytime from October to April. 
In other parts of the country where the 
winters are colder it is planted as early 
in the spring as the weather will permit. 
It produces enormous crops so must have 
good land or plenty of fertilizer. In irri¬ 
gated districts when the plants are set 
out they should be watered well, so that 
the soil is well settled around the plant, 
and they should be watered often until 
the plants are growing nicely. 
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