The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-11-27
From he N0rth Carolina Farmer.
THE RHLBARB on PIE PLANT.

Mn. LExAY: The above named plant
merits more regard, ,eniure 10 assert,
thaR Il receives IN our country. A very
frw, say haf dozen. well planted and
tended IN rich ground sill q supply "a.
mily with most palalable and health vi
tarls or pies from early in The spring all
ripe apples come. They were parlieu-
larry acceptable in this seasons deanh Of
huiL Some 20 years since in Western
New York near Auburn, dining al The
table of Major Van Walk enburgh. . revo-
luiionary soldier was asked how liked
my apple pie as dessrl! On reploying
il was very 6ae, was told il was not Of
the apple. but plant that gre~ in their
garden. And was shown few sels Of
the Rubarh, from the stems Of which they
had pies every day for dinner. I have
carried OUT my resolution, then formed, ef
having. when getting 4 household, these
plants aud the excellent tarts therefrom
ever since locating in the south with a
family. Near the city Of London learn
they cultivate whole fields Of the Rhu-
barb aud carry in wagon loads for market.
But IN America. Il j. not so generally and
ertensiyely cultivated as in Europe. u
10 not so easily raised from the seed as
some plants. being subject to leslrueliop
the FIRST season BY the first suns heat.
6nd newly cleared land brings the plants
forward Tor lransplanliIg sooner than old
land. Some thousands ] cultivated far
sale on pice Of cleared ground are twice
as large as Ih"ee heretofore | had grown
aseason Of old soil.
The tarts are made by stripping OF The
outer skin from the stems and cutting them
up into pieces. and sprinkIing sugar over
the cut pieces when ready for baking. jus.
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taste 10 the goosberry. There are various
kinds Of Rhuba,b plan.-one kind espe-
cially medicinal But the real pie plant,
especially what is called the Gobalh, has
very thick leaf stems, as thick as a mans
wris,-so that very few cut up, IS above
s.aied. make tarIs enough for large fami- 4
ly. When we'll cultivated and large, there
is as little trouble or Jess to make taris Of
them than Of apples.
BY mid summrr the leaves decay. But
bes, 10 keep the ground clear Of weeds and
grass around them; and in the fall cover ,
them with well rolted manure, and very I
early in the spring they grow out and are
soon ready TO use. As the large leaves I
are cut of for use, the smaller ones grow
TO succeed them, and thus CONTINUOUS I
supply is had. ia
The above will afford ampls hints to all 1
wishing to have Rhubarb tarss in pefec-
ton. And il may be fearlessly asserted ,
sha, every family fairly trying them, will !
never be willing not to have an annual ,
supply afterwards. II ought 10 have been \
named above, that kind called the Co 4
bath is a llale later coming out in The !
spring than some other kinds of The tart
Rhubarb. But il also continues to sup
ply its leaf stems latter in The summer, or c
until summer as well as spring apples
ripen. .
Ia haste, yours, &C., with all due re- 1
speci, and fervent wishes for the deserved d
success Of the North Carolina Farmer. i
SIDNEY WELLER. =
Bnnkleyville, HALIFAX N. CO
October, "a, ls45. c