If the Russians had a virtual monopoly until the late 1700s, it's interesting that the plant spread so fast. My grandparents told stories about their parents en

If the Russians had a virtual monopoly until the late 1700s, it's interesting that the plant spread so fast. My grandparents told stories about their parents enjoying rhubarb, and they were certainly not wealthy. So rhubarb went from something you'd send to the Pope to curry favor, to a very common plant in the gardens of the poor, in less than a century.