ndation. The texture is
coarse, the flavor is harsh and strong, and it is rarely employed for
culinary purposes.

In some localities, it is cultivated to a limited extent for the
manufacture of wine; the juice being expressed from the stalks, and
sugar added in the ratio of three pounds and a half to a gallon. This
wine, though quite palatable, has little of the fine aroma of that made
from the grape; and, if not actually deleterious, is much less safe and
healthful. Any of the other varieties may be used for the same purpose;
the principal superiority of the Cahoon consisting in its larger stalks,
and consequently its greater product of juice.

DOWNING'S COLOSSAL.

A large variety, nearly of the size of Myatt's Victoria. It is described
as being less acid than the last named, and of a fine, rich, aromatic
flavor.

EARLY PRINCE IMPERIAL.

Stalks of medium size; recommended by D. T. Curtis, Esq., Chairman of
the Vegetable Committee of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, as
in all respects the best flavored of any variety ever tested; and
commended for general cultivation, as particularly adapted to the wants
of the family, if not to the wishes of the gardener, to whom size and
productiveness are more than flavor. It invariably turns red in cooking,
which makes it preferable for the table as a sauce. When cooked, it is
of the color of currant-jelly, and remarkably fine flavored.

In 1862, it received the first prize of the Massachusetts Horticultural
Society, as the best for family use.

ELFORD. _Thomp._

Buck's Rhubarb.

An early sort, well adapted for forcing. The stalks are rather slender,
covered with a thin skin of a bright-scarlet color; and their substance
throughout is of a fine red, which they retain when cooked, if not
peeled,--a process which, owing to the thinness of the skin, is not
considered necessary. Even when grown in the dark, the stalks still
preserve the crimson tinge. It was raised from the seed of _Rheum
undulatum_.

HAWKE'S CHAMPAGNE.

A new variety, said to equal the Prince Albert in earliness, and also to
be of a deeper and finer color, and much more productive. It forces
remarkably well; is hardy in open culture; and commands the highest
market prices, both from its great size, and fine, rich color.

MITCHELL'S ROYAL ALBERT. _Thomp._

Stalks large, red, and of excellent flavor. Early and prolific.

MYATT'S LINNAEUS.

Linnaeus.

A medium-sized or comparativ