VEGETABLES HORSERADISH, 



ciently by rinsing a quantity of it together in a large 

 tub. 



Our manner of growing Horseradish in this district, 

 we claim to be a great advance on the methods generally 

 practised. All American writers on the subject that I 

 have seen, follow in the same track, and recommend 

 planting the croivns. This would not 

 only destroy the most salable part of the 

 root, but when planted thus, the crowns 

 will produce only a sprawling lot of root- 

 lets that are utterly unsalable in the 

 market. They also tell us that " after 

 two seasons growth the roots will be fit 

 for use." Now, my experience in grow- 

 ing this root has most emphatically told 

 me that, after two seasons growth, it is 

 entirely unfit for use, or at least unfit 

 for sale, which I suppose is about the 

 same thing. Twenty years ago, one of 

 my neighbors had a patch of about two 

 acres, which from some cause or other 

 he had neglected to have dug until late 

 in spring, and concluded, as it was then 

 rather late to sell it, he would leave it to 

 grow over until next season. On commencing to dig it 

 the next fall, he found that the main root, instead of 

 being solid, as it is at one one year old, had become par- 

 tially hollow and of a woody, stringy nature, and when 

 offered to manufacturers it was refused at any 'price. 

 So there was no help for it but to dig up and throw away 

 his entirely worthless crop at a most unusual expense, as 

 its two year's growth had massed the whole soil with 

 roots. This experiment of my neighbor was a loss to 

 him of certainly not less than $1,500, as the price then 

 was higher than now. 



Grown in the deep rich soil of our market gardens, 



\ 51. HORSE- 

 RADISH. 



