. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. The American Florist. July 20 To-day both the above parties are still actively engaged in growing mushrooms, at least Mr. Heist is, and Mr. Smith may be said to be doing it by proxy, for this summer he has rented his silo and barns to Mr. John E. Andre along -with the greenhouses, where he grew roses princi- pally. And speaking of Mr. Andre calls to mind that he, also, has made quite a success of mushroom growing during the past four years. He boarded over the spaces between his rose-houses about eight feet
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. The American Florist. July 20 To-day both the above parties are still actively engaged in growing mushrooms, at least Mr. Heist is, and Mr. Smith may be said to be doing it by proxy, for this summer he has rented his silo and barns to Mr. John E. Andre along -with the greenhouses, where he grew roses princi- pally. And speaking of Mr. Andre calls to mind that he, also, has made quite a success of mushroom growing during the past four years. He boarded over the spaces between his rose-houses about eight feet wide and about one hundred feet long between each, and grew the mushrooms therein. Two years ago he marketed 2600 poundsofmushrooms, and this past year with some added space of the same nature he cut 5200 pounds^ust double. Mr. Andre states that the aver- age price realized last season was lower than that of the season before on account of the greater number in the business, and on account of the old growers having largely increased their out-put. The aver- age price realized last season was 50 cents per pound, which Mr. Andre considered still left a good fair margin of profit to the grower. Next winter with the Smith establishment which he has just rented he willhave 12,000 feet of additional sur- face for mushrooms. Mr. Andre was fore- man for Mr. Smith for six years before building his own greenhouses. He has been very successful at rose growing. All his roses go to Philadelphia, but he has to look to New York for his mushroom outlet. The roses he grows are mostly American Beauty, Bride, Mermet, and Niphetos. He has always been very suc- cessful with the Beauty, which says some thing for his skill as a rose grower, although he is too modest to imagine that he knows it all yet. With the 20,- 000 feet additional glass which he will have from the Smith place he will doubt- less be felt with his roses in the Philadel- phia market next winter more than ever. Among other mushroom
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