How to Grow Mushrooms, Growing Culture Study 8 Books CD

The Ultimate Collection of Classic Books on

How to Grow Mushrooms

This is a collection of 3 classic books (in PDF format) on Mushroom Culture, revealing the ancient secrets on how to grow mushrooms in around 1900s. It is a great resource for anyone wanting to grow their own mushrooms for fun or for profit.

Please note: Each of these 3 PDF Reprints is an electronic facsimile version of the actual book published in around 1900s.

PDF Reprint #1

287 Pages

Mushroom Growing Handbook

Cultivation & Spawn-Making

It is easy to describe the conditions under which mushrooms may be grown, but it does not follow that a crop may be predicted with any certainty. For many years, careful studies have been made of the growing of mushrooms from spores and of the principles involved in the making of spawn.

Among all works, one of the oldest and probably still the best is the Mushroom Growing Handbook, originally published in 1910s, and authored by an American plant physiologist and professor of botany.

This comprehensive handbook has accurately and faithfully described the requirements and procedures for success in mushroom cultivation and spawn-making. It's a must-read for any and all would-be mushroom growers.

Contents Covered

Introduction
Characteristics of the Common Edible Mushroom
Market and Production
Situations Favorable for Mushroom Growing
The Compost
Nutrition, Temperature, Moisture, and Light
Installation, Spawning, and Care of Beds
The Growing Period
Mushroom Spawn-Making
Success and Failure, Expenses
Mushrooms for the Table
Mushroom Enemies
The Classification of Mushrooms
Markets and Seasons for Wild Mushrooms
Food Value of Mushrooms

PDF Reprint #2

176 Pages

How to Grow Mushrooms

Mushroom Culture for Profit and Pleasure

For home consumption fresh mushrooms are a highly delicious, nutritious and healthy food; while for market, when successfully grown, they become a most profitable crop.

The raising of mushrooms is within the reach of nearly everyone. Good materials to work with and careful attention to all practical details should give good returns. The industry is one in which women and children can take part as well as men, there is very little hard labor attached to it.

In this book the author has demonstrated mushroom culture being a good source of profit as well as a safe and enjoyable recreation, and made the endeavor to the best methods as plain as possible, and all with his own practical experience and observation.

Contents Covered

Those Who Should Grow Mushrooms
Growing Mushrooms in Cellars
Growing Mushrooms in Mushroom Houses
Growing Mushrooms in Sheds
Growing Mushrooms in Greenhouses
Growing Mushrooms in the Fields
Manure for Mushroom Beds
Preparation of the Manure
Making up the Mushroom Beds
Mushroom Spawn
Spawning the Beds
Loam for the Beds
Earthing over the Beds
Topdressing with Loam
The Proper Temperature
Watering Mushroom Beds
Gathering and Marketing Mushrooms
Reinvigorating Old Beds
Insect and Other Enemies
Growing Mushrooms in Ridges out of Doors around London
Mushroom Growing in the Paris Caves
Cooking Mushrooms

PDF Reprint #3

179 Pages

Mushroom Culture

Its Extension and Improvement

Contents Covered

Where Mushrooms May Be Grown

Mushroom Culture in the Mushroom-House

The Preparation of the Materials, etc.

Mushroom Spawn

Spawning and After-Treatment

Culture in Sheds, Cellars, Arches, Outhouses, and All Enclosed Structures Other Than the Mushroom-House

The Cave Culture of Mushrooms, Near Paris

Culture on Prepared Beds in the Open Air in Gardens and Fields

Culture in Gardens, etc., with Other Crops in the Open Air

Mushroom Culture in Pastures, etc.

The Common Mushrooms

Modes of Cooking the Common Mushrooms

Some of the Most Common and Useful Edible Fungi

BONUS #1

PDF Reprint

179 Pages

Among the Mushrooms

Among the Mushrooms is intended for those who, though ignorant on the subject, desire to know something about mushrooms. It's a classic textbook on mushrooms and a beginner's guide for mushroom lovers and pickers.

Contents Covered

• Introduction
• Mushrooms
  • Antiquity of Fungi
  • Manner of Growth
  • Odor
  • Duration
  • Uses
  • Habitat
  • Structure and growth
  • Mycelium
  • The Stem
  • The Gills
  • The Spores
  • The Volva and Veil
  • The Tubes or Pores
• Classification of Fungi
  • Distinctive Characteristics of Genera
  • Hymenomycetes
  • Gasteromycetes
  • Ascomycetes
  • By Color of the Spores
• General Helps to the Memory
• Descriptions of Fungi arranged According to Color of Cap only
  • Red or Pink
  • Yellow or Orange
  • Gray
  • Green
  • White
  • Brown
  • Purple or Violet
• Description of Some Familiar Mushrooms, without regard to color
• Direction for Using Keys
  • Key to Hymenomycetes
  • Key to Polyporei
  • Key to Hydnei
  • Key to Thelephorei
  • Key to Clavariei
  • Key to Gasteromycetes and Ascomycetes
• Glossary
• Index to Descriptions of Fungi
• Guide for Determining Genera of Agarics in four Tables

BONUS #2

PDF Reprint

419 Pages

Studies of American Mushrooms

Originally published in 1900s, this classic mushroom study book has excellent keys to the genera and descriptions of very many species, and provides 230 illustrations from photographs and colored plates. It even has a chapter on how to grow mushrooms and a chapter of recipes for cooking mushrooms.

Contents Covered

• Form and Characters of the Mushrooms
• Development of the Mushroom
• Fungi and Agarics
• Collection and Preservation of the Fleshy Fungi
• Selection and Preparation of Mushrooms for the Table
• Uses of Mushrooms and Fungi in the Arts
• Cultivation of Mushrooms
• Recipes for Cooking Mushrooms
• Chemistry and Toxicology of the Fungi
• Analytical Keys
• Glossary of Technical Terms
• Index to Genera and Illustrations
• Index to Species

BONUS #3

PDF eBook

142 Pages

Home Vegetable Gardening

A complete and practical guide to

The planting and care of vegetables, fruits and berries

Contents Covered

Introduction
Why You Should Garden
Requisites of the Home Vegetable Garden
The Planting Plan
Implements and Their Uses
Manures, Fertilizers and Mulching
The Soil and Its Preparation
Vegetables
Starting the Plants
Sowing and Planting
The Cultivation of Vegetables
The Vegetables and Their Special Needs
Best Varieties of the Garden Vegetables
Insects and Disease, and Methods of Fighting Them
Harvesting and Storing
Fruits
The Varieties of Pome and Stone Fruits
Planting; Cultivation; Filler Crops
Pruning, Spraying, Harvesting
Berries and Small Fruits
A Calendar of Operations
Conclusion

BONUS #4

PDF eBook

53 Pages

A Collection of Easy-to-Follow, delicious

Soup Recipes

Contents Covered

All about soups
Value of soup in the meal
General classes of soup
Classes of soup denoting consistency
Classes of soups denoting quality
Stock for soup and its uses
Varieties of stock
Additional uses of stock
Soup extracts
The stockpot - use and care of stockpot
Flavoring stock
Making of soup
Principal ingredients
Meat used for soup making
Herbs and vegetables used for soup
Processes involved in making stock
Cooking meat for soup
Removing grease from soup
Clearing soup
Thickening soup
Serving soup
Recipes - stocks
Recipes - soups

BONUS #5

PDF eBook

53 Pages

A Collection of over 300 Delectable

Vegetable Recipes

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• The CD is to be used on a computer CD/DVD drive. It cannot be used on any standalone CD/DVD player.
• The PDF files are to be opened by Adobe Reader v5.0 or above.

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