Variety

Rhubarb Monarch

Synonyms : Stott’s Monarch

Around 1894 a Boston seed company introduced a cultivar of rhubarb under the name Monarch from a Scottish import. For several years it received first prize at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society shows, as the largest and finest variety. On one occasion, the twelve stems shown weighed 28 pounds, without leaves.

The average stem length is about 15 inches, but they are large, with many stems weighing more than a pound each. The color is quite bright. It closely resembles Mammoth Red or Stott's Mammoth and matures at about the same time, but is less abundant.

Stalk color : Red
Origin : Écosse
Year : ENV 1894
Developed by : A Boston seedsman introduced a Scotch importation of rhubarb about fifteen years ago under the name of Monarch.

Quotes about Monarch

Monarch — A Boston seedsman introduced a Scotch importation of rhubarb about fifteen years ago under the name of Monarch. For several years it was awarded first prize at the exhibitions of the Mass. Horticultural Society, as the largest and finest variety. On one occasion the twelve stalk shown weighed '28 pounds, leaves off. The writer has found this kind rather inferior in quality and the skin is rough. The average length of the stalks is about 15 inches, but they are of large size, many stalks weighing more than one pound each. Color is fairly brighi. It considerably resembles Mammoth Red or Stott's Mammoth, and matures at about the same time, but is a less abundant yielder.
Source : The new rhubarb culture - A complete guide to dark forcing and field culture, Morse, John Elliott; Fiske, George Burnap, 1901

The writer has found this kind rather inferior in quality and the skin is rough. The average length of the stalks is about 15 inches, but they are of large size, many stalks weighing more than one pound each. Color is fairly bright. It considerably resembles Mammoth Red or Stott’s Mammoth, and matures at about the same time, but is a less abundant yielder.
Source : The new rhubarb culture - A complete guide to dark forcing and field culture, Morse, John Elliott; Fiske, George Burnap, 1901

The favourite old sorts of rhubarb were the Tobolsk and the Elford or Buck’s; the latter comes from R. undulatum, and is one of the best in flavour, as well as of a flue red colour. Other good sorts of more modern date are Mitchell’s Royal Albert, Dancer’s Early Scarlet, Myatt’s Linnaeus, and Myatt’s Victoria, the last a large-growing thick-stalked kind, the others being all earlier sorts. Johnson’s St Martin’s and Salt’s Crimson Perfection are also favourite kinds; and Stott’s Monarch grows to a very large size.
Source : Encyclopaedia Britannica, Ninth Edition, Vol XII, 1881

Stott’s Monarch, an extraordinary green kind, producing immense stalks, which are of fine flavour; the growth is very distinct; a desirabie novelty for Exhibition.
Source : Catalogue of fruit trees cultivated by George Bunyard & Co., Royal Nurseries, Maidstone, 1898-1899, 1898

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