Dreer's Open-air vegetables (1897) Dreer's Open-air vegetables . dreersopenairveg00dree Year: 1897 DREER S OPEN-AIR I33 in a bed (sod, for instance) that is comparatively dry, yet still moist. The Mushroom fruits best in a temperature of 55° to 60°, and water is an absolute necessity during the period of bearing—as necessary then as it was unnecessary when the spawn first started to run. A heap of sods, such as the florists make in order to get potting earth, sometimes produces an abundant supply of natural or spontaneous Mushrooms in late autumn and even during the winter. Exper
Dreer's Open-air vegetables (1897) Dreer's Open-air vegetables . dreersopenairveg00dree Year: 1897 DREER S OPEN-AIR I33 in a bed (sod, for instance) that is comparatively dry, yet still moist. The Mushroom fruits best in a temperature of 55° to 60°, and water is an absolute necessity during the period of bearing—as necessary then as it was unnecessary when the spawn first started to run. A heap of sods, such as the florists make in order to get potting earth, sometimes produces an abundant supply of natural or spontaneous Mushrooms in late autumn and even during the winter. Experiments in spawning sod piles or lawns are fully warranted, provided no commercial dependence is placed upon the result, as there are many chances of complete or partial failure. Hostile fungi may destroy the spawn, or the temperature may be wrong, or the moisture excessive or the reverse. The demands of the Mushroom are as precise as they are simple. Brick spawn is the best for nearly all purposes. NASTURTIUM. This plant is grown as a flower and as a vegetable. It has a place in both gardens. It belongs to that curious group called the Indian Cress family, of South American origin. Nasturtiums are usu- ally planted in warm borders, and are prized for their richly-colored flowers and their pungent fruit. John Gaynor, elsewhere quoted, sows Nasturtiums in rows twelve inches apart and the plants nine inches apart in the DWARF NASTURTIUM, row. This favors good cultivation and greatly increases blooming and fruit-setting ability. The tall-growing varieties are cut back, in order to induce them to bear flowers and seeds instead of excessive foliage. Tall Mixed and Dwarf Mixed are commercial names for desir- able kinds of Nasturtiums, the name describing the habit.
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