( 4 * ) 
With refpcd: to the produce, the beds be- 
gin furnifhing Muflirooms in a month or fix 
weeks after fpawning : fometimes indeed it 
will be two or three months, but there is no 
great fuccefs to be expected when they arc 
long before they yield their firfl; crop ; a good 
working bed, if well fpawned and managed, 
commonly affords plenty in fix or eight 
weeks, continuing fometimes for three months 
together, rifing in numerous duffers one 
under another, covering the furface of the 
bed, fome appearing in embryo, fome larger, 
and others, at the fame time, full fized ; but 
thefe laff ffiould not remain long enough to be- 
come large flaps, becaufe t'fey would prove 
detrimental to the adjoining fucceffional 
plants, efpecially when the bed is in full pro- 
duction. 
The Autumnal beds, if the fpawn is in 
perfection, generally produce in a fhortcr 
time 
