Farquhar's garden annual : 1922 . _,^^* t-«-- ,- ? n^Umy^iis:: W\ \.:-^J3^ ?:;ism ?.^- y^ I:.;,5,.:i; I^Hi^HK^^m fe : ?: iv^w^. -, f^r*^ ?^^v^,!Mfci vf* iA*^ >\ • ,-, ( ^?!S^*Sf^ 7-^^Bm BJQIp ,.f •f^fc ^• ^ ?^^ ; \/^-- :--.•? \.:.v >sgk\^ ^si i -V , j\ \/ /t^ *?• ? ?? :^M^^m^^ ._^^^ _\\ iu^ Royal Sovereign Melon. 24 R. & J. FARQUHAR COMPANY, BOSTON. VEGETABLE A Bed of Farquhars English Milltrack Mushroom Spawn MUSHROOM. {Agaricus Campestris.) CULTURE. Mushrooms are more easily cultivated than many people imagine, and may be grown in any room or cellar where the temperatu


Farquhar's garden annual : 1922 . _,^^* t-«-- ,- ? n^Umy^iis:: W\ \.:-^J3^ ?:;ism ?.^- y^ I:.;,5,.:i; I^Hi^HK^^m fe : ?: iv^w^. -, f^r*^ ?^^v^,!Mfci vf* iA*^ >\ • ,-, ( ^?!S^*Sf^ 7-^^Bm BJQIp ,.f •f^fc ^• ^ ?^^ ; \/^-- :--.•? \.:.v >sgk\^ ^si i -V , j\ \/ /t^ *?• ? ?? :^M^^m^^ ._^^^ _\\ iu^ Royal Sovereign Melon. 24 R. & J. FARQUHAR COMPANY, BOSTON. VEGETABLE A Bed of Farquhars English Milltrack Mushroom Spawn MUSHROOM. {Agaricus Campestris.) CULTURE. Mushrooms are more easily cultivated than many people imagine, and may be grown in any room or cellar where the temperature can be maintained at fromfifty to sixty-five degrees. For the bed, use fresh stable manure, which should consist of half droppings and half short litter; this must be thoroughly turned andmixed; many growers prefer a mixture of three parts horse droppings and one part good fresh loam. Before being placed in the bed, let the manure be put in somedry place to sweeten, mixing it thoroughly and turning it three or four times, when, if preferred, the loam may be added. Upon a dry, firm bottom or shelf, proceedto make the bed by spreading a thin layer of the prepared mixture, pounding it firm, and continue thus till the bed is 12 inches thick. Leave it thus for about aweek, or until the temperature has subsided to eighty-five degrees. Then make holes about 10 inches apart, and


Size: 2464px × 1014px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., bookauthorhenryggi, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, bookyear1922