. Annual descriptive catalogue 1895 : seeds. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Connecticut New Haven. Citron for Preserving. HUSHROOM Mushrooms. rooms will make their appearance in from four to six weeks, according to the season lb. 12c; 10 lbs. for $, in bricks. Mushrooms may be cultivated much easier than is generally supposed. They may be grown in a cellar or shed, or in beds prepared in the open air in the same manner as hot beds. Take fresh horse manure, shake it well a
. Annual descriptive catalogue 1895 : seeds. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Connecticut New Haven. Citron for Preserving. HUSHROOM Mushrooms. rooms will make their appearance in from four to six weeks, according to the season lb. 12c; 10 lbs. for $, in bricks. Mushrooms may be cultivated much easier than is generally supposed. They may be grown in a cellar or shed, or in beds prepared in the open air in the same manner as hot beds. Take fresh horse manure, shake it well apart and lay it into a heap to ferment. Turn and mix it well every three or four days, by shaking together the outside of the heap, which is cold, and the inside which is hot, so that every part of it may be equally fer- mented and deprived of its noxious quality. When the dung is in a tit state to be made into a bed, which will be in two or three weeks after it has been put together to ferment, select a dry spot for a foundation. Mark out the bed, which should be four feet wide and as long as you choose to make it. In making the bed , mix the dung well together beating it down with a fork until 18 to 24 inches thick. In this state it may remain until the tem- perature is sufficiently moderate for spawning, which may be ascertained by trial sticks thrust into different parts of the bed. Divide the large cakes of spawn into small parts, plant two inches be'ow the surface, six inches apart, cover with two inches of fine light, soil and press down evenly. "When finished, cover the bed a foot thick with clean straw and protect from heavy rains. The mush- Price, per. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Frank S. Platt (Firm); Platt, Frank S; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collecti
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