KITCHEN CARD Ell DJSrtAYED. 4C7 



HORSE-RADISH. 



TTORSE-RADISHisa perennial-rooteu 

 plant, raifed by oif-fets and cuttings of 

 the roots, continuing in produclion fevcrat 

 years, producing large long root-fl:ioots of a 

 hot nature, and are the parts ufed, always to 

 cat raw, fcraped in fine fhreds, and ufed as 

 fauce, or as a fallad. Sec. at any feafon of the 

 year, but principally in Autumn, Winter and 

 Spring, in beft perfedion. 



It is propagated always by the off-fets from 

 the bottoms or fides of the main roots, the 

 top part cut off about two inches long ; or, in 

 want of a fufficiency of thefe, fome old knotty 

 roots may be cut into pieces, two inches long, 

 for fets. 



The feafon for planting is O^Ttober and No- 

 vember, or February and March, colle6ting s. 

 proper fupply of fets as above; the ground 

 trenched one gr two full fpade deep : then, 

 having a long, thick, blunt-ended dibble, 

 plant the fets in rows, two feet dillance by 

 one foot in the row, making a hole for each 

 fet, ten or twelve to fifteen inches deep, .that 

 they may at that depth fend up long ftraight 

 root-llioots, covering in the holes with the 

 earth. Or they may be planted in trenches, 

 in digging the ground, opening a firft trench 

 two feet wide and a fpade deep, loofening the 

 bottom, in which place a row of fets along 

 themiadic; dig the next trench the fame 



