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off a few times in cultivating early in the season. When the 

 first crop is gathered the land is thoroughly cultivated, 

 and the horse-radish plants given good care. This plant 

 makes its greatest growth in autumn and is dug on the 

 approach of winter or can be left until spring. It must 

 never be left two years on the same land, or else great 

 labor will be required to get rid of it, and the roots will 

 be so crooked as to be almost unsalable. 



Horse-radish is used almost entirely after grinding or 

 grating the roots and mixing with vinegar. It will keep 

 for any length of time when thus prepared and kept in 

 air-tight packages. It is also ground and dried, and the 

 young leaves are sometimes used for greens. The 

 demand is limited, though considerable quantities are 

 sold each year. Under some conditions it is a paying 

 crop, but the business is very liable to be overdone. 

 There are no varieties. 



WATER CRESS (Nasturtium officinale) 



Description. Native of Europe. A perennial. This 

 is an aquatic plant, with long stems which readily take 

 root in moist soil or water. It is esteemed for use as a 

 salad on account of its pleasant pungent flavor. Leaves 

 are compound, with roundish divisions; flowers small 

 white, in terminal spikes; seeds, usually few, very fine, in 

 slightly curved pods. 



Culture. It can only be cultivated successfully in 

 moist situations and generally does best along the edges 

 of streams, where it grows partially in the water. It 

 may, however, be grown successfully in any moist soil, 

 even in a greenhouse. It is very hardy, but for best 

 results should be covered with water during winter. 

 Most of the supply for our markets comes from along 



