. Descriptive catalogue of vegetable, flower, and farm seeds. Nurseries (Horticulture); Nursery stock; Seeds; Bulbs (Plants); Gardening; Equipment and supplies; Bedding plants; Weeber & Don. Vegetable Seeds 22 WEEBER y DON MUSHROOM SPAWN German, Champignon. French, Champignon. Spanish, Seta. Ten pounds will spawn 20 feet square. The Mushroom is one of the most profitable -crops grown, especially in the vicinity of large cities, where the demand, at all seasons, is far in excess of the supply. Its cultivation may be carried on successfully in a cellar or shed dur- ing winter, or in the open
. Descriptive catalogue of vegetable, flower, and farm seeds. Nurseries (Horticulture); Nursery stock; Seeds; Bulbs (Plants); Gardening; Equipment and supplies; Bedding plants; Weeber & Don. Vegetable Seeds 22 WEEBER y DON MUSHROOM SPAWN German, Champignon. French, Champignon. Spanish, Seta. Ten pounds will spawn 20 feet square. The Mushroom is one of the most profitable -crops grown, especially in the vicinity of large cities, where the demand, at all seasons, is far in excess of the supply. Its cultivation may be carried on successfully in a cellar or shed dur- ing winter, or in the open air in summer, Cultural Directions: Collect sufficient fresh horse droppings to form the desired size of bed, spreading them out in an airy shed to dry, and turning them frequently. When in a proper state as to dryness, which will soon be learnt by experience, make these into a bed from nine inches to one foot thick, beating them firmly together. If the droppings have been properly prepared, gentle fermentation will soon commence, and when the temperature of the bed is from 75 degrees to 80 degrees, with no danger of it rising higher, put in the spawn. This is done by making shallow holes about nine inches apart, insert- ing pieces of spawn about the size of a hen's egg and covering with the dung, pressing this closely about the spawn. It is of the greatest importance that the temperature of the bed should not decline below 75 degrees, nor rise above 80 degrees for a month after spawning. Within a fortnight after putting in the spawn, cover the bed about, two inches thick with good, mellow, moist soil, making this firm; and if under this a covering one or two inches thick of cow dung, in about the same state as to moisture as the soil, can be afforded, this will cause the bed to last longer, and also to produce a larger crop than if cov- ered with soil only. The most suitable temperature for beds in bearing is 50 degrees to 55 degrees and as a high temperature causes the mushr
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