MARKET AND PRODUCTION 



and study the demands of the market as to 

 sorting and selection. 



The small grower frequently experiences 

 great difficulty in handling his product, due 

 to the fact that the market is flooded at the 

 time when his beds are yielding most 

 heavily; that is to say, he finds that he has 

 mushrooms only when mushrooms are 

 plentiful. This is a certain indication that 

 the conditions have not been satisfactory, 

 and that the beds have produced when the 

 outside conditions were favorable. Where 

 mushrooms are grown in sheds, cold cellars, 

 or makeshift houses, the beds may fail to 

 bear until spring, and it is a common ex- 

 perience that the first continued warm 

 weather at this time finds the markets of 

 most of our large cities flooded with the 

 product. The large grower will do well 

 to anticipate this inevitable condition, but 

 a well established high class trade will not 

 be materially injured by it. 



The price paid for mushrooms was for- 

 merly most variable, ranging from 25 cents 



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