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Rhubarb, the Pie Plant

Rhubarb, the Pie Plant

Paperback

Series: All about Vegetables

Botany & HorticultureEdible Plants

ISBN10: 1494359405
ISBN13: 9781494359409
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: Dec 5 2013
Pages: 28
Weight: 0.11
Height: 0.08 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This is a small booklet of 26-pages which explains general GROWING PRACTICES for rhubarb plant. Rhubarb is popularly known as 'the pie-plant' because of its significance as a major ingredient in preparing pies. Botanical name of Rhubarb is Rheum rhabarbarum. Rhubarb is a cool season crop which is grown as an herbaceous, perennial vegetable. Rhubarb belongs to the family Polygonaceae. The economically significant portion of the plant is its fleshy leafstalks and the plant is normally grown for these fleshy leaf stalks (petioles) only. Color of petioles may be red, white or green depending upon the cultivar.

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