Prince Albert (rhubarb)
Prince Albert is a variety of common rhubarb .
Prince Albert is a frost-resistant, early budding, large-growing variety of rhubarb that produces long and thick leaf stalks . It can be easily grown from seeds and is also suitable for forcing. Prince Albert is one of the varieties of rhubarb grown in the Rhubarb Triangle in Yorkshire . The stems are scarlet and have a strong taste.
Prince Albert, like the Victoria and Linnaeus varieties, is a breed by Joseph Myatt, who brought the variety onto the market in 1840, the year Queen Victoria's marriage to Prince Albert , and named it after him. Prince Albert was one of the most popular varieties in the 19th century. Prince Albert rhubarb is now cultivated, among other things, as part of the national rhubarb plant collections in the garden of the Royal Horticultural Society by Harlow Carr .
literature
- Christopher Stocks: Forgotten Fruits. The stories behind Britain's traditional fruit and vegetables. Windmill, London 2009, ISBN 978-0-09-951474-9 , p. 198 with further references.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Christopher Stocks: Forgotten Fruits. The stories behind Britain's traditional fruit and vegetables. Windmill, London 2009, ISBN 978-0-09-951474-9 , p. 199 with further references.
- ↑ Application for registration Yorkshire Forced Rhubarb (according to Art. 6 Paragraph 2 of Regulation (EC) No. 510/2006), in: Official Journal of the European Union of 12 August 2009, 2009 / C 189/11 (PDF)
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 24, 2014
