210 GARDENING FOR PROFIT. 



The main reason for planting the set so far under the 

 surface is to delay its coming up until the crop of Cab- 

 bage be cleared off. The Horseradish makes its main 

 growth in the fall, so that it is no injury to it to keep it 

 from growing until July; in fact, it often happens that 

 by being planted too near the surface, or too early, it 

 starts to grow so as to interfere with the Cabbage crop; in 

 such cases, we have often to cut the tops off twice with the 

 hoe before the Cabbage is ready, but this does not injure 

 it in the least. 



It is a crop with which there is very little labor during 

 summer ; after the Cabbage has been cut off, the Horse- 

 radish is allowed to grow at will, and as it quickly covers 

 the ground, one good deep stirring by hoe or cultivator 

 is all that is required aftei digging out the Cabbage 

 stumps. 



When grown between Early Beets the culture is, in all 

 respects, the same, only it is more profitable to have the 

 rows of Beets only eighteen inches apart ; this, of course, 

 throws the Horseradish nearer, so that when grown be- 

 tween Beets it should be planted at the distance of two 

 feet between the plants in the rows, making about the 

 same number of plants per acre as when planted between 

 early Cabbages. 



As it is an entirely hardy plant, it /s one of the last 

 roots we dig up in fall, it being usually delayed until 

 December. After digging^ the small roots are usually 

 broken off in the field and stowed away in boxes, so that 

 they can be trimmed under cover at leisure. The main 

 root is then put away in the pits, as recommended in 

 Winter Preservation of Vegetables, so that it can be got 

 at as required during winter. The preparation for 

 market is very simple, being merely to cut off the green 

 tops and small rootlets, leaving the main root only, as 

 represented, in reduced size, by figure 51. It is sold by 

 weight, and is generally washed, which is done suffi- 



