'Allport' Rhubarb
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'Allport' Rhubarb

$4.25
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Rheum rhabarbarum Origin: Plymouth, New York Improvement status: Cultivar Seeds per packet: ~25 Germination tested 09/2025: 44% Life cycle: Perennial EFN INTRODUCTION. In 2018, EFN co-founder Nate Kleinman bought a beautiful farm in Chenango County, NY from a lovely couple named Ann and Peter Allport. The Allports had long ago retired to Florida, but continued coming to the farm every summer. At a certain point it became too much for them to maintain, and Nate is very pleased they decided to sell the wonderful place to him. But the Allports still own hundreds of acres surrounding the property, mainly woods and fields, but also a small house down the hill with a little garage. It contains an old overgrown garden loaded with delicious black raspberries and quite a bit of rhubarb. Nate was driving past it one day when he noticed a few huge flower spikes. After securing permission from the Allports to take a closer look, he found the biggest rhubarb plants he'd ever seen! Some stalks were

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