Proven Berry Plants i i KNOTT’S BERRY PLACE i i Trees and Vines 
Throughout the first summer they 
should be watered often enough to keep 
the ground moist and the plants grow¬ 
ing vigorously. A very good method of 
irrigating is to crowd a little dirt to the 
rows and fiood the whole middle between 
the rows. If you will scatter ten pounds 
of manure per plant between the rows 
and cultivate it in, two or three times a 
year, the results will surprise you. In 
addition to the manure, the best com¬ 
mercial growers use a light application 
of sulphate of ammonia, or other nitro- 
geneous fertilizer, immediately after 
each cutting, at the rate of one pound 
to each eight or ten plants. This costs 
comparatively little and it surely makes 
the rhubarb grow fast, and the faster it 
grows the finer the quality, and the 
more cuttings you can get during the 
season. 
From plants set out in the spring 
very little if any rhubarb should be 
picked before September. When picking 
it is best to pick all the stems that are 
good at one time and then not pick any 
more from those plants until they have 
grown large again. If plants are picked 
right down close as fast as they grow, 
and never allowed to grow up big, it 
will eventually kill the roots. Rhubarb 
is harvested by simply pulling the 
stems from the plant and cutting the 
leaves off. For market the leaf is cut 
just above where it joins the stem, so 
as to leave just a little green leaf with 
each stem. This makes the pack look 
nice and the stems do not wilt as fast 
as if the cut were made on the stem; 
and it also adds a little weight. 
For shipment it is packed in special 
rhubarb boxes, holding either 20 or 40 
pounds. For local trade it is usually 
packed in apple boxes rounded up to 
hold about 40 pounds and tied over the 
top and around the box with binder 
twine. It can be carried to the stores 
in bulk and sold out by the pound. 
In many sections of California Cherry 
rhubarb can be picked all fall, winter, 
and spring; there being very little mar¬ 
ket for it during the hot part of the 
summer. 
Should aphis (small plant lice) attack 
the rhubarb it should be dusted with 
Nico-dust. Ordinarily lady bugs keep 
the aphis in check. 
Always give rhubarb an abundance of 
water. The great leaves spread out to 
the sun will transpire more water, on a 
hot or windy day, then the roots can 
gather from soil that might be damp 
enough for some crops. 
Third cutting of Cherry rhubarb just thirteen months from planting. 
Cherry Rhubarb is Good as Well as Good for You 
TRY THIS RECIFE FOR RHUBARB SAUCE 
Wash and cut up one pound of Cherry Rhubarb, but do not peel; add 
four cups of water and two cups of sugar. Cook in an open kettle from 
two to three minutes after it starts to boil, the time depending on liow 
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 
the juice before serving. 
IF YOU ARE NOT FAMIEIAR WITH CHERRY RHUBARB WRITE US 
AND WE WIEI. MAID YOU A SAMFDE. 
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