Variété

Rhubarbe Coulter

La famille de John Hutchieson Coulter exploitaient un jardin maraîcher à North Kildonan où John a développé de nouvelles variétés de semences ainsi qu’une variété de rhubarbe qui a été enregistrée sous le nom de « Coulter ». Leurs produits ont remporté plusieurs prix à la Royal Winter Fair de Toronto.

Coulter est issu d'un semis de Macdonald sélectionné en raison de trois caractéristiques exceptionnelles : le poids et la longueur de la tige sont semblables à ceux de son parent; (b) la couleur de la tige est rouge foncé au lieu du rouge vif comme le parent; la chair est colorée en rouge vif depuis l'extrémité de la tige jusqu'à la feuille lorsque la tige mesure 9 pouces ou plus de longueur. Apparemment avant d'atteindre cette longueur, la tige n'a aucune couleur.

Couleur pétiole : Rouge foncé
Couleur de la chaire : Rouge

Origine : Canada
Année : 1940
Développer par : Créé par John Hutchieson Coulter, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Citations portant sur la Rhubarbe Coulter

Coulter: Originated with John H. Coulter, R.R. 5, Winnipeg, Man. Roots of it are to be made available on the market in 1940. A seedling of Macdonald and selected because of three outstanding features: (a) the weight and length of stalk similar to its parent; (b) the color of stalk is dark red instead of bright red like the parent; (c) the flesh is colored a bright red from the butt end of the stalk to the leaf when the stalk is 9 inches or more long. Before attaining that length the stalk has no color. This is said by a number of people who have seen it to be a very promising new variety.
Source : Rhubarb in Alberta, J.S. Shoemaker, 2024

John Hutchieson Coulter (1889-1941) - Market gardener, community activist. Born at Renfrewshire, Scotland in 1889, he came to Manitoba in 1904. He returned to Scotland in 1913 and brought wife Eliza Scott Swain (1888-1976) back with him. They had three children: William Hutchison Coulter (1914-1973), Mary Ann Balfour “Maizie” Coulter (1916-2003, wife of Harold H. Raine), and James Swain Coulter (1920-2007). The Coulters operated a market garden in North Kildonan where they developed new varieties of seed as well as a rhubarb variety that was registered under the name of “Coulter.” Their produce won several prizes at the Toronto Royal Winter Fair. He served on the council of the Rural Municipality of North Kildonan from its inception in 1926 until 1941, was a founding member of the Carter Avenue Presbyterian Church (later Grey Street United Church), and was an avid supporter and organizer of youth hockey, building a rink on his farm for community use. He died at the St. Boniface Hospital on 30 August 1941 and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery.
Source : Memorable Manitobans: John Hutchieson Coulter (1889-1941), The Manitoba Historical Society,

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