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how to grow them, by William Falconer
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Title: Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure
Author: William Falconer
Release Date: March 29, 2008 [EBook #24944]
Language: English
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MUSHROOMS: How to Grow Them.
A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON Mushroom Culture for Profit and Pleasure.
BY WILLIAM FALCONER.
ILLUSTRATED.
NEW YORK, ORANGE JUDD CO. 1892.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1891, by the ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
PREFACE
Mushrooms and their extensive and profitable culture should concern every one. For home consumption they are a healthful and grateful food, and for market, when successfully grown, they become a most profitable crop. We can have in America the best market in the world for fresh mushrooms; the demand for them is increasing, and the supply has always been inadequate. The price