American homes and gardens . mains iree from the diseases which attack mushrooms, andparticularly that which is called softening, so dreaded byParisian growers, whom it annually costs more than a millionfrancs. The mushrooms attacked by the cryptogam thatcauses the disease become atrophied and covered with a rosydown, and, at the epoch of their maturity, become deli-quescent. We shall finish by giving a few statistics designed to showthe importance of this Parisian industry. There exist at pres-ent in the department of the Seine about two hundred and fiftymushroom installations owned by eighty
American homes and gardens . mains iree from the diseases which attack mushrooms, andparticularly that which is called softening, so dreaded byParisian growers, whom it annually costs more than a millionfrancs. The mushrooms attacked by the cryptogam thatcauses the disease become atrophied and covered with a rosydown, and, at the epoch of their maturity, become deli-quescent. We shall finish by giving a few statistics designed to showthe importance of this Parisian industry. There exist at pres-ent in the department of the Seine about two hundred and fiftymushroom installations owned by eighty individuals, notcounting a score of other exploitations distributed through theneighboring departments. The number of workmen em-ployed in the industry exceeds a thousand. The total value ofthe mushrooms annually produced in the suburbs of Parisamounts to twelve millionfrancs, and certain tradesmen of theHalles makes an exclusive specialty of their sale. Naturallythe industry therefore ranks as a most important one 252 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS October, 1906 Fruit and Orchard Work in October By E. P. Powell
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