MARKET AND PRODUCTION 



vated mushroom product is dried, and as 

 such finds sale for purposes of seasoning 

 gravies, etc. 



Mushroom growing in Europe, It would 

 appear that mushroom culture had its origin 

 in France, so from the beginning France has 

 been, and still remains, the chief home of 

 the industry; yet mushrooms have long been 

 extensively grown in England, and to a 

 much more limited extent in Belgium, Ger- 

 many, the United States and other countries. 

 On the Continent of Europe, Italy has, in 

 proportion to her other mushroom interests, 

 paid least attention to the cultivation of 

 Agaricus. The only available data bearing 

 upon the present extent of mushroom pro- 

 duction in countries other than the United 

 States are those which have been obtained 

 for the Central Market (Halles Centrales) 

 of Paris. These figures are probably ap- 

 proximately correct, and although the sum 

 of the amounts for the different months dur- 

 ing the year 1901 are somewhat less than the 

 amount reported for the year, yet the yearly 



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