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the sets should be longer, the hole should be made pro- 

 portionally deep, so that the top of the set be not nearer the 

 surface than 2 or 3 inches ; the earth is pressed in along- 

 side the set, so as to fill up the hole as in ordinary plant- 

 ing. The main reason for planting the set so far under 

 the surface, is, to delay its coming up until the crop of 

 Cabbage 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 by 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 

 Horseradish is allowed to grow at will, and as it quickly 

 covers the ground, one good deep hoeing is all that is re- 

 quired after 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 18 inches apart ; this of course throws the 

 Horseradish nearer, so that when planted between Beets, 

 it should be planted at the distance of 2 feet between the 

 plants in the rows. 



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

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

 cember. 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 re 



