Mushroom growing at home. By Roy Genders, F.R.H.S. The Television Mushroom Grower.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Genders, Roy.

Contributor:

Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Edible mushrooms.

Mushroom culture.

Penn Provenance:

Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)

Physical Description:

[3]-64, [6] pages, [4] leaves of plates, illustrations, portrait, 23 cm

Distribution:

Worcester, The Worcester Press,

Place of Publication:

Worcester, Printed and published by Littlebury & Company Limited, 1953.

Contents:

Why Mushrooms?

Making a Start

Composting by Artificial Methods

Composting with Animal Manures

Making up and Spawning the Compost

Care of the Boxes and Beds

Care of the Crop

Mushrooms in the Open

Sanitation and Pest Control

Food Values and Recipes.

Notes:

"Introduction by Television Favourite Margot Lovell"--Dust jacket.

Local advertisement on title-page verso.

Light green cloth boards lettered in black on front cover and spine.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.

Kislak copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.

Kislak copy has dust jacket with transparent protective cover retained.

OCLC:

877221901