JOURNAL 
OF 
The New York Botanical Garden 
Von. XIX December, 1918 No, 228 
POSSIBILITIES OF THE TRUFFLE INDUSTRY IN 
In these days when Americans are looking toward the expan- 
sion and development of home industries, it is quit e fitt ting that 
o th 
tion on sae of these interesting edible fungi is an occupation of 
t in European countries. In France from 
$6,000,000 to $7, 000,000 worth are sold annually at from $1 to 
$2 per pound. Fresh truffles shipped to New York often sell as 
igh as $6 to $8 per pound. 
The truffles are the most valuable of all the edible fungi and 
we at the same time the most difficult to collect, since they occur 
ire collected with the aid of trained animals suc 
logs. These animals are able to detect the presence of the fungi 
vy their odor, and are trained to hunt and dig them. Europeans 
coming here, who are familiar with the habits of these fungi in 
Zurope and the means employed there to collect and put them 
m the market are naturally interested in finding them in 
ioe 
a 
een found in sufficient quantity to be of practical value. The 
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