MUSHROOM GROWING 



of affairs existed. We imported canned 

 mushrooms from France, the country of 

 great mushroom production, but most of the 

 mushroom spawn came from England. 



The price of spawn. The price of mush- 

 room spawn varies considerably, depending 

 upon quality. The table below is a fair in- 

 dex of current prices to growers of what is 

 known as standard spawn. 



I brick, postpaid $ .40 



5 bricks, not prepaid 1.00 



10 bricks, not prepaid 1.80 



50 bricks, not prepaid 8.00 



100 bricks, not prepaid 15.00 



160 bricks, not prepaid 2240 



Spawn of even higher quality may be ob- 

 tained, in which case the excuse for the 

 higher price is the fact that the bricks have 

 all been inoculated directly from the pure 

 culture. English brick spawn may also be 

 purchased from importers and the price of 

 this is a few cents less per brick than the 

 American. The imported spawns have, 

 however, been subjected to longer shipment 

 and storage. 



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