Step Inside the Magical World of An Ancient Tradition: Growing Rhubarb by Candlelight

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A centuries-old tradition of harvesting rhubarb by candlelight has been captured in this series of otherworldly photographs.

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Farmer Jonathan Westwood’s great-great-uncle started the tradition of harvesting winter-forced rhubarb in the north of England in 1870.

Now 59-year-old Jonathan is the latest in his family to grow rhubarb in a nine-mile-squared area dubbed Yorkshire’s ‘Rhubarb Triangle’.

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Step Inside the Magical World of An Ancient Tradition: Growing Rhubarb by Candlelight