Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Are all rhubarbs the same?
When I bought my house from Old Lady Hackl 18 years ago she had (and I still have) a variety she called 'wine rhubarb' It has very little vigor and I almost lost it because I didn't yet appreciate rhubarb and I let grass overwhelm it. I also have a typical giant rhubarb that goes to seed, etc. About five years ago I transplanted the wine rhubarb to the garden and babied it. It produces pretty well now on a plant that's about as wide across as a leaf of the big one. In a rhubarb custard pie the wine rhubarb is spectacularly better tasting. It's the difference between having a piece and eating the whole pie in a sitting. It's one of those things that is so perfect that it could only get worse, so make the most of it.
I have no idea of the name or original source. Dorothy is a hundred and something and lives in town now. I suppose I could get in touch with her to see if she knows more, but probably won't
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