Horse - Radish 



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with the combination -crop. The rows are far enough 

 apart to allow of horse tillage, and the plants should 

 stand from 12 to 18 inches apart in the row. The 

 horse-radish plant will stand much abuse. If it grows 

 so rapidly as to interfere with the cabbages or other 



Fig. 71. Set planted 

 slanting. A. 



Fig. 72. Set planted 

 wrong end up. D. 



Fig. 73. Result of plant 

 set wrong end up. D. 



plants with which it is planted, the tops may be cut 

 off two or three times early in the season. After the 

 other crop is removed, the land is given merely good 

 surface tillage. Sometimes horse-radish is made the 

 main crop, and other crops are grown incidentally. In 

 this case, it is planted in rows 3 to 4 feet apart on 

 ridges, and spinach, early beets or lettuce are grown 

 on the sides of the ridges. 



The horse-radish will grow until freezing weather. 



