Variety

Rhubarb Daw's Champion

Raised by Mr Theodore Dawes a rhubarb expert from Kings Lynn in Norfolk in 1875. This variety was originally created to be a forcing variety but was never used commercially. It is very easy to force and produces a good colour and flavour.

This is a variety obtained from a cross between Victoria and Champagne, and is said to come into use as early as Champagne, whilst in other respects it is much finer than that variety. The large, handsome, bright red-coloured specimens shown not only recommended the variety as a superior one, but were illustrative of high cultivation.

Shape of the apex of the obtuse limb.

Petiole type : 7

Petiole color :

Origin : Angleterre
Year : 1875

Quotes about Daw's Champion

Another new Rhubarb is Daw's Champion, a very early and good form, a grand forcer. It will be seen that there is a wide selection of really good kinds.
Source : The book of rarer vegetables - Handbooks of practical gardening, George Wythes, Harry Roberts, 1906

The Fruit and Vegetable Committee recommended an Award of Merit to a variety of Rhubarb named Daw's Champion.
Source : The Gardeners' chronicle - London, UK, 1882

Forme du sommet du limbe obtus. Type 7.
Source : Rhubarbe - Principes directeurs pour la conduite de l’examen des caractères distinctifs, de l’homogénéité et de la stabilité, UPOV, 1999

Daw's Champion : This is a variety obtained from a cross between Victoria and Champagne, and is said to come into use as early as Champagne, whilst in other respects it is much finer than that variety. The large, handsome, bright red-coloured specimens shown not only recommended the variety as a superior one, but were illustrative of high cultivation.
Source : The Gardeners' chronicle - London, UK, 1882

Rhubarb Daw's Champion.—This variety was recommended an Award of Merit at the meeting held on the 13th inst., when forced specimens were shown. Naturally-grown stems were now placed before the Committee, and specimens for comparison of Hawke'a Champagne, Albert, Linmcus, and Victoria. Daw's Champion was altogether earlier, stronger, and bettor coloured than the others, the stems of this beiug more than 7 inches long.
Source : The Gardeners' chronicle - London, UK, 1882

It is very evident that Daw's Champion Rhubarb, a cross from the varieties Victoria and Champagne, has merits that will render it of the greatest value to all gardeners, whether private or commercial. It has been exhibited on two occasions before the Royal Horticultural Society by Mr. Poupart, of Twickenham, and on February 13 an Award of Merit was recommended in its favour as a mark of superiority as a variety for forcing
Source : The Gardeners' chronicle - London, UK, 1882

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