Variety

Rhubarb Tobolsk

Relatively small leaves, reddish petiole at the base, 2 to 3 cm wide. Flavor noticeably less acidic than in other varieties. Early variety, excellent for forcing.

Petiole type : 6

Petiole color : Red and Green

Quotes about Tobolsk

The varieties now in use are hybrids between Rheum Rhaponticum, Rheum Undulatum, and Rheum Palmatum, and in England were brought to a high state of perfection in the early part of the present century. The Old sorts in much favor were Tobolsk and Erford. Later on came Mitchell's Royal Albert and Dancer's Early Scarlet.
Source : The new rhubarb culture - A complete guide to dark forcing and field culture, Morse, John Elliott; Fiske, George Burnap, 1901

Early, good for forcing
Source : Rhubarb - American Heritage Vegetable, David S. Shields, McClintock Professor of Southern Letters, at the University of South Carolina, and Stephen Spratt, graduate student in English at the University of South Carolina., 2024

Type #6
Source : Rhubarbe - Principes directeurs pour la conduite de l’examen des caractères distinctifs, de l’homogénéité et de la stabilité, UPOV, 1999

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

Vivace, Feuilles radicales relativement petites, entières, ondulées; pétiole rougeâtre à la base, large de 0m,02 à 0m,03, de saveur sensiblement moins acide que dans les autres espèces ou variétés. Elle est très précoce à pousser au printemps.
Source : Description des plantes potagères, Vilmorin-Andrieux et cie, Paris, 1856

Mr. Huggins moved to recommend the Hyatt's Linnaeus and the Victoria Rhubarb for general culture. He also regards the Early Tobolsk as a valuable variety, because of its earliness, and it can be pulled all summer. It also requires less sugar than other sorts. It is small, and not the best for market. The Linnaeus is good all throuh the season and productive. The Cahoon is utterly worthless: he will not have it in his place. The varieties named were recommended for qualities named.
Source : The Gardener's monthly and horticultural advertiser, Vol3 No1, 1861, Illinois Horticultural Society, 1861

Variétés : Victoria, Mitchell's Royal Albert, Hybride Florentin, Monarque et rouge, Hâtive de Tobolsk
Source : De la culture potagère, Francisque Pétraz, 1918

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