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Many of these were actually sold at the following prices in the 
market of Geneva: Mushrooms, $1 per pound ; English cucum- 
bers, 50 cents each; string beans, 40 cents per 100; lettuce, 
40 cents per dozen; radish, 4 cents per bunch; tomatoes, 50 
cents per pound. 
It is the opinion of many who have inspected the above results 
that they can be produced at great profit even at much lower 
prices than those given above. At present the houses are again 
filled with the above vegetables. An accurate record is kept of 
every detail connected with the methods, extent and expense of 
production, and these results are now being prepared for a 
bulletin, and are to be found detailed in the report of the horti- 
culturist in this volume. That this comparatively new industry 
in this country is attracting wide attention is evidenced by the 
many visitors who daily inspect the work. 
4 Several have availed themselves of the opportunity to inform 
_ themselves in the many important details necessary to success in 
_ this branch of work, and with note-books in hand have spent 
days in the houses under the practical instruction of the gardener | 
in charge of this work. It is worthy of note that these were 
grown at that season of the year when ordinarily the ordinary 
farmer is at leisure. 
While the mushroom is generally admitted as a great delicacy 
for the table, and commands a high price as such, it is not so 
well understood as it should be that it stands exceptionally high 
among vegetable products for its nutritive value and in its 
content of nitrogenous matter is only surpassed by lima beans. 
Analyses made of mushrooms grown at the Station show them 
to contain an average of 5.2 per cent of nitrogenous matter, and 
for comparison the average of several classes of food material are 
4 given from the report of the Storrs Agricultural College for 
a 1891, in which it will be found that there was present the follow- 
ing average percentages of albuminoids: 

Suereo Kinds Of fresh meat ............... 00.26: 14.6 per cent. 
Muito kinds of fresh fish ................+.--- 10.00 per cent. 
mea kinds of fresh poultry .................6. 15.6 per cent. 
% 4 In 16 kinds of fresh vegetables ............... 1.3 per cent. 
