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MUSHROOMS, HOW TO GROW THEM. 
low freight rates, as there is a duty here of 20% on the 
article.” 
By direct inquiry of the leading importers in different 
cities I find that we import about 4500 lbs of French or 
flake spawn, and 4000 bushels, or 64,000 lbs of English 
or brick spawn, and that fully a half of this whole im¬ 
portation is handled by the seedsmen of New York city, 
in New York one firm alone, who make a specialty of 
supplying market gardeners, has in one year imported 
1500 bushels of brick spawn. But the vicinity of New 
Fig. 21. Brick Spawn. 
Fork is the great mushroom-growing center of the 
country, also the best market for mushrooms in the 
country. One gardener at Jamaica, L. I., bought 1000 
lbs of brick spawn at one time, and a neighbor of his 
bought 400 lbs; this shows what a large quantity of 
spawn market gardeners require. And the demand this 
year is unprecedented; some of our leading importers 
had sold out their supply before the first of November. 
And it is not private growers so much as market growers 
