MUSHROOM GROWING 



past winter. In the majority of cases the 

 principal hotels used the greater part of the 

 supply. Except in a few of the larger cities, 

 the retail market has not been adequately 

 developed. 



Shipment and price. Mushrooms may 

 be shipped considerable distances during 

 the winter months. If properly packed, 

 and shipped immediately, after being gath- 

 ered, there is little danger from shipment 

 during 36 to 48 hours. They should never 

 be packed in very large quantities, since the 

 heat developed in a basket of more than 

 10 pounds of mushrooms will be consider- 

 able. In large quantities they would under- 

 go a ''sweating" process; this encourages the 

 development of bacteria and molds, lead- 

 ing rapidly to loss of flavor and ultimate 

 injury. It will well repay the grower to 

 take cognizance of the results achieved by 

 California fruit growers, with whom the 

 neatness of the package has been shown to 

 be most important. Pack in small baskets, 

 as you would pack grapes, give aeration, 



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