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Show orse iatitel) Hcefts anti (garlic I HORSERADISH, locks or garlic arc so easily grown and occupy so little space they aro worth while in almost al-most any garden. Horseradish roots after the first year aro likely to become woody nnd misshapen, and tho best results re-sults nie obtained by planting it fresh every spring nnd digging every root out in the late fall or even at tho end of winter. Often horscrndish is allowed to grow year after year in some gnrden corner, the roots being dug wbenover needed. Tho plant is propagated from cutting off tho roots called "sets." Theso i " should be five or six inches long nnd In i M size ranging from that of a lead pencil J H to that of a man's little finger. For I H straight, thick roots tho soil should bo H deeply prepared. It likes moist soil. H Garlic "cloves" should be planted in H early spring two or three inches apart in . H rows. They grow through tho summer ' H nnd arc ready for harvesting In early ) H fall. Leeks may bo planted early or as n ''" H "follow crop," earth being heaped around JD H the plants ns they grow to blanch tho tt H stnlkj. They are not ready for use until H lato fall and mny bo stored for winter iu H cellars. n. y. n. Feature ' H "m j 1 1 |