HORSERADISH

Cochlearia Armoracia



This vegetable is highly prized as a condiment to roast beef, but as a

rule it is badly grown. The common practice is to consign it to some

neglected corner of the garden, where it struggles for existence, and

produces sticks which are almost worthless for the table. In the same

space a plentiful supply of large handsome sticks may be grown with as

little trouble as Carrots or Parsnips. Choose for the crop a piece of

good open ground, and in preparing it place a heavy dressing of rotten

manure quite at the bottom of each trench. Early in the year select

young straight roots from eight to twelve inches long, each having a

single crown, and plant them one foot apart each way. By the following

autumn these will become large, succulent sticks, which will put to

shame the ugly striplings grown under starving conditions. The roots may

be dug as required; but we do not advocate that method. It is better

practice to clear the whole bed at once, and store the produce in sand

for use when wanted. This plan should be repeated each year, and a fresh

piece of land ought always to be found for the crop.





KALE--see BORECOLE, page 27