Rhubarb is one of the earliest vegetable crops, besides it is unusually healthy, tasty and very decorative. Fleshy red rhubarb stalks today are not often seen in Russian gardens, although this is a long-known vegetable crop from the buckwheat family. Now it has been undeservedly forgotten, and in fact it is one of the earliest and most generous suppliers of a whole palette of nutrients to our table. Those who once met this wonderful and unpretentious vegetable never part with it. Among the varieties of rhubarb offered today, the following can be noted:
Altai dawns - early ripening variety. From germination to the beginning of the collection of petioles, it takes 25-30 days. The rosette of leaves is highly spreading. The leaves are large, the petioles are long and red, weighing 80–120 g. The taste of the petioles is excellent.
Victoria - early ripening variety. Petioles up to 50–70 cm long, at first red, then they turn green, remaining dark only at the base. The average weight of the petioles is 200–250 g, the taste is excellent. The variety is fruitful, with a rapid regrowth of petioles, but the plants quickly form peduncles, which must be pulled out, starting from the end of spring, preventing their rapid growth.
Zaryanka - early ripening variety. It takes 30–35 days from germination to the first harvest. Spreading rosette of leaves. The petioles are from 30 to 45 cm long, have a beautiful bright color with cherry pigmentation, ripen together. The flesh of the stem is green-pink, sweet and sour.
Gigantic - late ripening, disease-resistant variety. Differs in high taste. The petioles are very long, fragile, dark red.
Large petiolate - early ripening variety. Petioles up to 65–70 cm long and up to 2.5–3 cm thick, have solid cherry pigmentation up to the middle, and speckled above. The pulp is light green, sometimes with pink spots, sweet and sour. The variety is resistant to cold and disease.
Moskovsky 42 - early maturing, fruitful variety, resistant to stemming. Leaves are smooth, large, with wavy edges. The petioles are thick and long (up to 55 cm), slightly ribbed, contain a small amount of fibers, red at the base, green at the top, with pale green flesh.
Obsky - mid-season variety with a large rosette of leaves up to 120 cm in diameter. The leaves are dark green, large, slightly corrugated, with long, thick, dark pink petioles at the base. The petioles are tender, sweet and sour, very beautiful in compotes. The variety is cold-resistant, tolerates excess moisture well, but does not tolerate drought.
Ogre 13 - mid-season variety. Plant height up to 80 cm, compact rosette. The leaves are large, dark green. The petioles are large, dark red at the base, slightly ribbed, up to 70 cm long, 2–4 cm in diameter, some of them reach a mass of 300–350 g. Little flowering stems are formed. The petioles have high palatability. The variety forms few shoots and is resistant to shooting.
Tukumsky 5 - mid-season variety. The leaves are large, dark green, with wavy edges. Petioles are rounded, up to 50 cm long, light green, with crimson pigmentation. The taste of the petioles is very high. The plant produces few shoots.
Stubborn - early ripening variety. The rosette of leaves is high and rather spreading. Petioles are large, up to 55 cm long and weighing up to 150–180 g, light green with anthocyanin coloration at the base.
Cyclone - mid-season variety. The bushes are very large and grow very quickly. Leaves are medium in size. The petioles are not thick, green in color.
Candied - mid-season variety. Petioles are wide, large, weighing up to 200 g, red, with pink flesh, excellent taste.
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