Horse -Radish 



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It is best to plow out the roots in the fall and to store 

 or sell them. As the horse-radish is likely to become 

 a bad weed, it is necessary that all the small roots 

 be taken out of the land. When the crop is harvested, 

 therefore, all the loose roots are picked from the furrow 

 and destroyed. If these fur- 

 rows are left open until spring 

 many more of the roots will 

 be exposed, and they may 

 then be removed. Subsequent 

 plowing and dragging will 

 often expose still others. It 

 is usually impossible to get 

 all the roots out of the land, 

 but if the ground is occupied 

 with other crops and is kept 

 in good tillage, the horse- 

 radish should not become a 

 nuisance. 



The roots are washed and 

 trimmed before they are sent 

 to market. For special trade, 

 the roots may be tied in 

 bunches of 6 or 8, but the 

 crop is generally marketed in 

 barrels or in bulk. 



In some parts of the coun- 

 try the growing of horse- 

 radish is coming to be an important industry. Since 

 the roots must be grated before they are used, it is nec- 

 essary that they be long, symmetrical, uniform and as 



Fig. 79. Horse-radish graters. 



