The Horse-radish 



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with a strong-pointed stick or crowbar or a dibber. They 

 are usually placed in a somewhat slanting position, al- 

 though the upright position is probably as good. The top 

 of the cutting usually stands 3 to 5 inches below the top of 

 the soil. This deep planting delays the appearing of the 

 plants and thus prevents interfer- 

 ence with the combination-crop. The 

 rows are far enough apart to allow 

 of horse tillage, and the plants 

 should stand 10 to 16 or 18 inches 

 in the row. 



The plant will stand much abuse. 

 If it grows so rapidly as to inter- 

 fere with the cabbages or other 

 plants with which it is planted, the 

 tops may be cut off two or three 

 times early in the season. After the 

 other crop is removed, the land is 

 given good surface tillage. 



Sometimes horse-radish is made 

 the main crop, and other crops are 

 grown incidentally. In this case, it 

 is planted in rows 3 to 4 feet apart on ridges, and spinach, 

 early beets or lettuce are grown on the sides of the ridges. 

 The crop will grow until freezing weather. 



It is best to plow out the roots in autumn and to store 

 or sell them. As horse-radish is likely to become a bad 

 weed, it is necessary that all the small roots be taken out 

 of the land. When the crop is harvested, therefore, all 

 the loose roots are picked from the furrow and destroyed. 

 If these furrows are left open until spring many more of 



Result of cutting set 

 wrong end up. 



