Rhubarb

Rhubarb

Type	Crop
Season	Spring
Seed	Rhubarb Seeds
Growth Time	13 days
Sell Price	220g

Rhubarb is the most profitable fruit of the Spring, but it is locked behind a trip to the desert. Only the Oasis in the Calico Desert sells its seeds, so the crop opens up once the bus to the desert has been repaired. The stalks cannot be eaten raw, which makes them a natural fit for Kegs, and Rhubarb Wine is one of the best Spring artisan goods. Rhubarb also goes into Rhubarb Pie, one of Maru's loved gifts. For a farm that has reached the desert, a Spring field of rhubarb is a strong opening to the year.

Growing

Only Sandy at the Oasis sells Rhubarb Seeds. The bus at the Bus Stop goes to the Oasis. Completing the Vault bundles in the Community Center repairs the bus. In practice this means rhubarb is rarely planted in the first Spring and becomes a staple from the second year.

The plant does not regrow, and it takes almost two weeks to ripen. A seed planted on the first day of Spring is ready halfway through the season. A second seed planted on that day is ready just before Summer. That gives two harvests per tile in one Spring. The Oasis sells the seeds in any season. Stocking up during Winter means the field can be planted on Spring 1 without a desert trip that morning.

Speed-Gro or Deluxe Speed-Gro on the first planting gives some slack for the second round. Deluxe Fertiliser is a good match for rhubarb that will be sold raw, since quality matters on a crop with this price.

Prices

Silver, gold and iridium rhubarb sells for a quarter, a half and double the base price more. The Tiller profession adds 10% to every raw sale.

Wine is the best use of rhubarb. A Keg makes Rhubarb Wine worth three times the base price, and the Artisan profession adds 40% on top. Wine aged in a Cask to iridium quality doubles in value again. Rhubarb is inedible, so every stalk can go straight into a Keg.

A Preserves Jar makes Rhubarb Jelly worth twice the base price plus 50g. That is clearly less than wine, but the jar finishes much faster. A Dehydrator takes five stalks at once and turns them into Dried Fruit by the next morning.

Machines ignore the quality of the input, so normal stalks are the ones to process and higher-quality stalks can be shipped raw.

Sell prices by quality, with the bonus from each profession.

Quality	Price	Tiller (+10%)
Normal	220g	242g
Silver	275g	302g
Gold	330g	363g
Iridium	440g	484g

Uses

Cooking one Rhubarb with one Wheat Flour and one Sugar makes Rhubarb Pie. Marnie sends the recipe by mail once she is a close friend. Maru loves Rhubarb Pie, so a few pies are a good way to raise her friendship.

At the dye pots in Emily's and Haley's house, Rhubarb counts as a red dye.

Cooking

Cooking Rhubarb with the other ingredients below makes these dishes.

Dish	Image	Ingredients
Rhubarb Pie		Rhubarb (1), Wheat Flour (1), Sugar (1)

Gifts

Rhubarb follows the pattern for fruit that does not grow on trees. Among those who like Rhubarb are the older villagers Demetrius, Jodi, Kent, Linus and Pam. Robin and Sandy share that view, and so do Harvey, Leah and Shane. Abigail, Haley, Jas and Vincent dislike it. Most other villagers are neutral. Rhubarb Pie is the far better gift.

The Traveling Cart sometimes sells raw rhubarb, always for more than it is worth.

All Crops

Every crop, with its season, growth time and normal-quality sell price.

Crop	Season	Growth	Price
Blue Jazz	Spring	7 days	50g
Carrot	Spring	3 days	35g
Cauliflower	Spring	12 days	175g
Garlic	Spring	4 days	60g
Green Bean	Spring	10 days	40g
Kale	Spring	6 days	110g
Parsnip	Spring	4 days	35g
Potato	Spring	6 days	80g
Rhubarb	Spring	13 days	220g
Strawberry	Spring	8 days	120g
Tulip	Spring	6 days	30g
Unmilled Rice	Spring	-	-
Ancient Fruit	Spring, Summer, Fall	28 days	550g
Tea Leaves	Spring, Summer, Fall	20 days	-
Blueberry	Summer	13 days	50g
Hops	Summer	11 days	25g
Hot Pepper	Summer	5 days	40g
Melon	Summer	12 days	250g
Poppy	Summer	7 days	140g
Radish	Summer	6 days	90g
Red Cabbage	Summer	9 days	260g
Starfruit	Summer	13 days	750g
Summer Spangle	Summer	8 days	90g
Summer Squash	Summer	6 days	-
Tomato	Summer	11 days	60g
Corn	Summer, Fall	14 days	50g
Sunflower	Summer, Fall	8 days	80g
Wheat	Summer, Fall	4 days	25g
Amaranth	Fall	7 days	150g
Artichoke	Fall	8 days	160g
Beet	Fall	6 days	100g
Bok Choy	Fall	4 days	80g
Cranberries	Fall	7 days	-
Eggplant	Fall	5 days	60g
Fairy Rose	Fall	12 days	-
Pumpkin	Fall	13 days	320g
Sweet Gem Berry	Fall	24 days	-
Yam	Fall	10 days	160g
Powdermelon	Winter	-	60g
Broccoli	-	-	-
Cactus Fruit	-	-	75g
Grape	-	-	80g
Pineapple	-	-	-
Qi Fruit	-	-	-
Taro Root	-	10 days	100g