Mushrooms for the Million
Subtitle: A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of the Most Profitable Outdoor Crop Known
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: January 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9781417952007
Subjects: Agriculture & related industries; Industries - Agribusiness; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics
First sentence: THE following letter, dated November 1st, 1881, has been communicated by Mr. Thomas, who was then gardener to Sir Robert Peel, Bart, of Drayton Manor Gardens, Tamworth, enclosing one, which appears on page 14, from Mr. Barter, who is an extensive and successful grower of Mushrooms for Market on beds in the open air:- I have lately had a correspondence with Mr. J. F. Barter of Portland House, Lancefield Street, Harrow Road, London, W., who earns a living entirely by Mushroom-growing and spawn-making, which business he tells me he has followed for seven years.