59 HORSE-RADISH. 



Sow the seed in April in drills half an inch deep, and 

 about eighteen inches apart ; thin out to six or eight inches 

 in the row. The plant produces beautiful blue flowers, and 

 is worthy of a place in the flower garden. The roots, when 

 dried, roasted as coffee, and ground, may be mixed in the 

 proportion of two ounces of the powder with a pound of 

 coffee. 



HORSE-RADISH. 



RAIFORT. CocJilearia armoracia. 



THIS plant is propagated by cuttings from the root, eithef 

 cut from the top about two inches long, or by offsets, or 

 otherwise useless parts, from the sides of the main root, 

 retaining the crowns or top shoots in as many parts as 

 possible. These should be planted as early in the spring as 

 practicable, in rows two feet apart, and six or eight inches 

 from each other in the rows. 



Select for the bed a good depth of soil, arid such as will 

 retain moisture, manure it with good rotten dung, plough or 

 dig it deep, and with a drilling machine or other convenient 

 implement, draw drills a foot apart then plant with a 

 dibble, cuttings as ubove described, in every alternate drill, 

 from two to three inches deep. The intermediate drills may 

 be planted with Beet or Carrot seed, or that of any other 

 root, but Turnip Beets are the most suitable to cultivate 

 between the rows, as they will grow quick, and can be 

 pulled out, without disturbing the Horse Radish. 



The Beets must of course be thinned out while young, 

 and kept cultivated by hoeing between the rows, which will 

 also benefit the Horse-Radish. After the Beets are pulled, 

 hoe the ground again, and keep it clear of weeds, by which 

 method the bed may be cleared every year. 



Some cultivate Horse-Radish in a permanent bed, in 

 which case, if in taking up the roots some offsets be left 

 in the ground, they will produce a successive supply for 

 future years. 



