Lawn & Garden
Rhubarb Plant from Thoreau's Birthplace
- Item Number
- 102
- Estimated Value
- 30 USD
- Sold
- 35 USD to Jackie2559
- Number of Bids
- 6 - Bid History
Item Description
Rhubarb plant from the Kitchen Garden at Thoreau's birthplace.
Rhubarb grows in the underbrush and in the woods found on the east side of the house. We’ve transplanted some of the wild rhubarb into one of our Kitchen Garden beds. It thrives in the sunlight and from the attention of our visitors, and every year yields a bumper crop. We enjoy growing – and occasionally sharing – this rhubarb with others to continue the plant’s tradition at this location.
From Henry David Thoreau’s Journal, December 22, 1837
About a year ago, having set aside a bowl which had contained some rhubarb grated in water, without wiping it, I was astonished to find a few days afterward, that the rhubarb had crystallized, covering the bottom of the bowl with perfect cubes, of the color and consistency of glue, and a tenth of an inch in diameter.
Item Special Note
The plant can be shipped within the U.S.
Shipping and handling charges apply.
Donated By:
Thoreau Farm - HDT Birthplace
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