HIGH-PRICED SPECIALTIES 



crop, however, Is more exacting as to conditions 

 than the mushroom. The bed must be pre- 

 pared carefully; the materials used should be in 

 the required condition ; the spawn should be ob- 

 tained from a reliable source, fresh and good; 

 temperature at the time of planting the spawn 

 and during the growth must be right, and the 

 matter of moisture carefully looked after. 



The idea that mushrooms can be produced 

 only in caves, pits, and houses which have been 

 specially built for the purpose, is erroneous. 

 They can be successfully grown in almost any 

 building, cellar, or shed which can be darkened. 

 Beds can be made on ground floor, or on shelves, 

 in tiers; also in the greenhouse under the benches 

 or in spent hotbeds, and out of doors on the 

 lawn, or in the orchard or meadow. 



Great care should be taken in the selection 

 of material to be used in making the bed. 

 Fresh horse manure should be used, composed 

 largely of short manure with a small propor- 

 tion of long, strawy litter, adding loam or rich 

 soil at the rate of one bushel of soil to four or 

 five bushels of manure. This mixture should 

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