HORSE-RADISH 



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usually cut off square and the lower end slanting, so that no mis- 

 take will be made in planting, since a cutting planted wrong end 

 . .. up will produce a crooked or branching 

 root. If the crop is trimmed for market 

 in the fall, the cuttings may be tied 

 into bunches and stored over winter 

 for planting the following spring. 



Fig. 01.— Hunrh of sulsif; 

 readv for market. 



Fig. 92. — Scolynms or Spani.'^h salsify, 

 the thistle-like foliaRe. 



Note 



The soil on which horse-radish is grown should be very deep, 

 rich and moist, and should contain a good supply of humus. If 

 grown in such a soil and given proper cultivation the roots will 



