. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. MUSHROOM MUSKMELON 1049 tlie price, according to demand and supply. The best season for tlie consumption of Musliroonis is the late fall and winter months, as they keep in the cool, dry weather for several days, and small dealers have no trouble with them spoiling on their hands. The price daring these months v
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. MUSHROOM MUSKMELON 1049 tlie price, according to demand and supply. The best season for tlie consumption of Musliroonis is the late fall and winter months, as they keep in the cool, dry weather for several days, and small dealers have no trouble with them spoiling on their hands. The price daring these months varies according to supply and demand. In the summer months a few will do well, but they spoil so readily in the heat that dealers do not care to handle any stock; therefore, if there were a large supply from June until October they would surely go to waste. The growers generally take advantage of this and renew their beds in summer, and prepare for the coming season. One great mistake is that the small grower is too anxious to reach the consumer. He wants to save the little which the middleman or distributer gets, and he gives them to the retailer, to restaurants, or to others, and these persons often take advantage of him. He is sometimes compelled to take from to 50 per cent less than market price, and he injures the market as well. All classes now buy Mushrooms. If the sup- ply is scarce and price high, they go only to the better class of hotels and restaurants; but as the price gradu- ally decreases the consumption increases and the poorer grade of hotels and restaurants and families consume them. The consumption of canned and dried Mush- rooms is not increasing as rapidly as that of the fresh- grown, and we are led to believe that in the near future our home-grown Mushrooms will be canned and dried as the foreign are; in fact, some of the canners are now making ketchup of the seconds and poorer grades. We believe that the consumption can be doubled and pos- sibly trebl
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