Variétés

Rhubarbe Jersey

Hybride des cultivars Macdonald et Sutton’s Seedless. Caractéristiques : port dressé; vigueur inhabituelle; couleur assez bonne; longs et larges pétioles; saveur fine, nécessite moins de sucre.

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Origine : États-Unis
Année : 1954
Développer par : New Jersey Agr. Expt. Sta., New Brunswick, USA

Citations portant sur la Rhubarbe Jersey

Jersey – Breeder: New Jersey Agr. Expt. Sta., New Brunswick. Vendor: Clarence Steelman, Princeton, N.J. Parentage: Macdonald x Sutton’s Seedless. Characteristics: upright habit of growth; unusual vigor; reasonably good color; long broad petioles; fine flavor; requires less sugar. N.J. Hort. Soc. News, Feb. 1955.
Source : Vegetable Cultivar Descriptions for North America – Rhubarb, Todd C. Wehner, Jeanine M. Davis and George B. Cox - Department of Horticultural Science North Carolina State University, 2016

Jersey Rhubarb — From several crosses made in 1946. We secured 300 seedlings. One of these produced plants with unusual vigor, reasonably good color, excellent yield with a fine flavor (sweet). This iety was named Jersey on Deeember 2, 1954.
Source : American agriculturist, Lyman G. Schermerhorn, New Jersey State College of Agriculture, 1957

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