The new rhubarb culture; a complete guide to dark forcing and field culture, how to prepare and use rhubarb . rand many times very useful; as many valuable varietiesare thus discovered and added to the list of both fruitand vegetables. The seed is sown in hotbeds early in the Spring, indrills four to six inches apart, or in the open ground asearly as weather will permit in rows 12 or 15 inchesapart. When the plants are well up and somewhatestablished, thin to three or four inches in the six to eight weeks old transplant 12 to 15 inchesapart in the rows. If sown in the open ground, thi
The new rhubarb culture; a complete guide to dark forcing and field culture, how to prepare and use rhubarb . rand many times very useful; as many valuable varietiesare thus discovered and added to the list of both fruitand vegetables. The seed is sown in hotbeds early in the Spring, indrills four to six inches apart, or in the open ground asearly as weather will permit in rows 12 or 15 inchesapart. When the plants are well up and somewhatestablished, thin to three or four inches in the six to eight weeks old transplant 12 to 15 inchesapart in the rows. If sown in the open ground, thin outthe rows to the proper distance using the plants thusremoved for other rows. The work of transplanting will be greatly simplifiedby opening the rows with the plow, turning a shallowfurrow for the plants, and deeper, according to size, forpropagating roots. Thorough tillage must be kept up the entire seasonthrough to give all the growth possible. The followingSpring, transplant into permanent rows four to fivefeet apart. Tillage.—Eemember that the largest possible growth 42 THE NEW RHUBARB CULTURE. 43 is the object sought; it follows, then, that tillage must bethorough and constant. It will be essentially the samewhether propagated, grown from plants or from ground should bo covered with a heavy coat ofmanure in the Fall, and in tlie Spring it should becultivated in. As soon as the frost is out sufficiently,fork the ground thoroughly along the rows and in thehills, letting in the sunshine and giving the plants anearly start. Note 1.—No stalks should be picked the first season;and none should ever be allowed to go to seed, as it isvery exhausting. After the first year the stalks can bepulled for the market but should not be drawn upon tooheavily, especially if designed for forcing in the Winter. During the bearing season, the cultivation of coursehas to be discontinued, on account of interfering withthe crop. Hence then, the great importance ofthorough
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