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Old 27-03-2009, 09:28 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default What not to plant
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Bobbie wrote:

Horseradish isn't too kind either.
I wonder why it's called that? Horses hate the stuff.

"Horse" means "coarse" in that context, as in horse mackerel, horse
chestnut etc.


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Nick Maclaren.
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