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CULTIVATION OF 
HORSE -RADISH 
By GusTAF E. SJORLUND 
The cultivation of the horse-radish_ 
is something of which very little is 
known in this country. Still, there 
are some who raise it, ina sort of wild 
form, but it is used more for medicine 
and for horses. In Europe it is used 
as a sauce for meat It is a great 
market article and always returns good 
profits. The plant is a native of 
France. 
The best location for the cultivation 
of this peculiar plant should not be 
high land; rather low and well drained, 
also well manured the preceding year. 
I think a crop of cabbage should be 
grown on the land the year before the 
horse-radish is planted, because the 
latter will have a better flavor if this 
is done. The next spring, as soon as 
the ground is ready, the horse-radish 
should be planted, propagating by 
strings, which the roots of this plant 
are aptly called. 
These strings (or roots) should be 
14 or 14 feet long, and the same 
thickness in both ends. They should 
also be very smooth, and if not smooth 
they should be rubbed with a woolen 
rag so that all the small roots and 
lint will come off. It must not be 
rubbed too hard, for the rubbing will 
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injure the bark. Cut the biggest ends 
of the string lengthwise and o¢ cross- 
wise. While the strings are under 
this operation they must be handled 
quickly so they will not wilt. To 
make sure that they will not wilt, a 
little water can be sprinkled on them. 
If the strings wilt they are not fit for 
planting. 
When the land on which the horse- 
radish is to be grown is prepared, then 
the strings should be planted in raised 
beds, two feet wide, with a two-foot 
space between the beds. On the beds 
should be planted two rows of strings 
in furrows across the beds in a slope 
of 25 to 30 degrees, with one foot 
space between each string. The 
largest ends must be at the same 
height from the surface. The next 
row will be the same, except that the 
strings must be alternated. 
To know where the preceding rows 
of strings have been placed we must 
mark them with sticks. Level the 
beds and the strings will be ready for 
growth. 
Sometime after planting the strings 
will show leaves, and at the same time 
weeds will appear, which must be 
cleaned away as usual, but care should 
be taken not to disturb the strings, 
and by no means disturb the upper 
leaves. 
About the first of July the sprouts 
must be looked after. The soil must 
be taken from the top end of the 
strings, carefully, exposing almost the 
whole length. The strings have to be 
raised and all the sprouts cut off with 
a knife, and the fine roots must also 
be rubbed off with a woolen cloth. 
Do not rub hard, as the rubbing will 
injure the bark. Care must be taken 
not to move the body too much, as 
the small roots already formed on the 
base are the feelers for the big body 
of perfect horse-radish for the next 
October. Even more than that, they 
serve for propagation the coming year. 
Dec. 23, 1905 
SEE 
Titus Adv. 
PAGE 22 
When the strings are cleaned the 
dirt is again put back in the former 
position and pressed by the hand to 
make firm. Care must be taken to 
see that the first leaves grow straight. 
If worms appear on the leaves they 
must be picked off and destroyed. 
When the leaves have grown top- 
heavy the wind is liable to blow them 
over, and in such cases they must be 
straightened again. Thiscan be done 
by putting loam around the bulk of 
the plant. 
During the month of October the 
horse-radish may be gathered, and 
then all the small roots cut off and 
left in the ground during the winter. 
The gathered product can be stored 
to best advantage in loam in a cellar 
in a temperature not too warm, and 
they will be ready for use when needed. 
Some of them may be kept in the 
ground all winter, if desired, and taken 
up in the spring and kept in a cold 
cellar all summer. 
The next spring, when a new plant- 
ing begins, the entire field should be 
dug up with forks, and the roots that 
were left in the ground gathered. 
This should be done with care, so as 
to get the roots 14 and 14 feet long. 
These roots are to be the propagating 
material for the next planting, and the 
planting to be done just as it was the 
preceding year, 
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