Mushroom Growing Today

By Fred C. Atkins

Book Overview

This fascinating text provides a detailed guide to the growing of mushrooms, containing a comprehensive treatise on the subject and detailing everything a prospective mushroom-grower could possibly need to know. Informative and accessible, this scarce text is the perfect introduction to the beginner, as well as constituting a great handbook for seasoned practitioners. Chapters included in this text include: What s a Mushroom?, History of Mushroom Growing, The Mushroom industry To-day, Cultivation Overseas, How Mushrooms are Grown, Mushrooms for the Amateur Gardener, Mushrooms for the Country Gentleman, Mushrooms for Nurserymen and Market Gardens, Building a Mushroom Farm, and many more. This scarce book has been elected for modern republication due to its educational value, and is proudly republished here complete with a new introduction to the subject.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1444699180
• ISBN13: 9781444699180
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Cousens Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"