Rhubarb is an wonderful plant, with many uses and application. Since June 1994 these web pages have been available to anyone interested in gaining an understanding and appreciation of this fine vegetable. This compendium is a collection of rhubarb information from many sources. Some of the information is from world wide web pages or postings to various news groups (rec.gardens, rec.food.cooking, rec.food.recipes), some is from my own personal rhubarb growing experience, and some has been directly contributed by friends, associates, and visitors to The Rhubarb Compendium.

This compendium is divided into a series of short chapters to make reading easy and downloading the many (conveniently sized) images faster.

I hope you enjoy your visit here. If you have any comments or contributions please feel free to send them to me:

dan (dan at rhubarbinfo dot com)

Table Of Contents

• Table Of Contents
• 1 - Botanical Information
  • 1.1 - What is Rhubarb?
  • 1.2 - What are the different species of rhubarb?
  • 1.3 - What plants are called rhubarb but really are not?
• 2 - Rhubarb Varieties
  • 2.1 - What varieties of Rhubarb are available?
• 3 - Rhubarb History
  • 3.1 - Early History
  • 3.2 - Roots in Europe
  • 3.3 - Appearance in America
• 4 - Rhubarb Festivals
• 5 - Rhubarb Sources
  • 5.1 - Mail Order Sources of Rhubarb
• 6 - Growing Rhubarb
  • 6.1 - Climate and Growing Region
  • 6.2 - Soil
  • 6.3 - Fertilization
  • 6.4 - Planting and Spacing
  • 6.5 - Growing
    • 6.5.1 - General
    • 6.5.2 - Growing Season
    • 6.5.3 - Frost Damage
    • 6.5.4 - How do I prepare my rhubarb plants for winter
  • 6.6 - What do I do with the seedpods?
  • 6.7 - Can I compost my rhubarb leaves
  • 6.8 - Do I need to thin my overgrown rhubarb?
• 7 - Forcing Rhubarb In Winter
  • 7.1 - Forcing Rhubarb indoors
    • 7.1.1 - Step by step: Forcing Rhubarb
• 8 - Rhubarb Propagation
  • 8.1 - Dividing and Thinning Rhubarb
    • 8.1.1 - Step by Step: Dividing A Rhubarb Plant
  • 8.2 - Growing Rhubarb From Seeds
    • 8.2.1 - Step by Step: Growing Rhubarb from seeds
    • 8.2.2 - Growing Rhubarb as an annual
  • 8.3 - Rhubarb Tissue Culture
• 9 - Culinary use of Rhubarb
  • 9.1 - Harvesting and Preparation
  • 9.2 - Storing Rhubarb
    • 9.2.1 - Refrigeration
    • 9.2.2 - Caning
    • 9.2.3 - Freezing
    • 9.2.4 - Drying
  • 9.3 - Nutritional information
• 10 - Rhubarb Recipes
  • 10.1 - Rhubarb Bars Recipes (and squares and such)
  • 10.2 - Rhubarb Bread Recipes
  • 10.3 - Rhubarb Cake Recipes
  • 10.4 - Rhubarb Cobblers (and crisps, fools, crunches, and crumbles)
  • 10.5 - Rhubarb Cookie Recipes
  • 10.6 - Rhubarb Desserts
  • 10.7 - Rhubarb Drinks (other than wine)
  • 10.8 - Frozen Rhubarb Recipes
  • 10.9 - Rhubarb Jam (and jellies, conserves, preserves and marmalades)
  • 10.10 - Rhubarb Muffins
  • 10.11 - Miscellaneous Rhubarb Things
  • 10.12 - Rhubarb Pies
  • 10.13 - Rhubarb Puddings (and yougurts, sobet, triffel and frozen deserts)
  • 10.14 - Rhubarb Salads (and salad dressings)
  • 10.15 - Rhubarb Sauces (and chutney, relish, salsa, compote and stewed rhubarb)
  • 10.16 - Rhubarb Soup
  • 10.17 - Rhubarb Tart Recipes
  • 10.18 - Rhubarb Wine (and other fermented forms of rhubarb)
• 11 - Medicinal Uses
  • 11.1 - Medicine
  • 11.2 - This is new Stuff
• 12 - Other Uses of Rhubarb
  • 12.1 - Cleaning pots and pans
  • 12.2 - Hair Color
  • 12.3 - Insecticide
    • 12.3.1 - Recipe 1
    • 12.3.2 - Recipe 2
  • 12.4 - Rhubarb inspired art
    • 12.4.1 - Paintings
    • 12.4.2 - Music
    • The Rhubarb Tart Song
    • 12.4.3 - Poetry
    • Rhubarb Limericks
  • 12.5 - CFC control
  • 12.6 - Rhubarb Paper
• 13 - Poison Information
  • 13.1 - The poison in rhubarb
  • 13.2 - Chemical Composition of Rhubarb
  • 13.3 - More about Oxalic acid
    • 13.3.1 - How toxic is rhubarb?
    • 13.3.2 - Symptoms of Oxalic Acid Poisoning
    • 13.3.3 - Precautions for rhubarb gardening
    • 13.3.4 - New stuff added
• 14 - Photo Credits
• 15 - Information about The Rhubarb compnedium
  • 15.1 - Copyright
  • 15.2 - Disclaimer
  • 15.3 - How do I contact The Rhubarb Compendium?
  • 15.4 - How can I request permission to use pictures from this web site?
• 16 - The Rhubarb compnedium Needs you
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