Caption
Many housewives prefer the small white "button" mushroom, not realizing that colour is immaterial, the more mature the mushroom, the more flavourful it becomes.
Date
January 1, 1957
Accession Number
LAC-NFB79320
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176446
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Canadian mushroom growers utilize the finest research methods available. Above, a scientific test is made to check for possible microbes in top soil.
Date
January 1, 1957
Accession Number
LAC-NFB79332
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176451
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Image not available
Caption
Mushrooms, acclaimed by connoisseurs as "the aristocrat of foods" are being produced in Canada at the rate of 5 million pounds a year -- all of it for the domestic market. The sharp increase in consumption is credited to the recent influx of New Canadians who used mushrooms extensively in their former homelands.
Date
January 1, 1957
Accession Number
LAC-NFB79333
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Image not available
Caption
There are over 700 kinds of edible mushrooms, but only one kind, "agaricus campestris" is grown commercially in Canada. Contrary to popular belief, the mushroom does not have to be peeled. In fact, some of the nutritive qualities are in its thin layer of skin.
Date
January 1, 1957
Accession Number
LAC-NFB79334
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Photostory #94: Canada Produces 5 Million Pounds a Year: Mushroom Business Mushrooms
Photographers
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Maker
National Film Board of Canada
Release Date
February 26, 1957
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Main Text
Mushrooms thrive in the dark. About 24 days after planting they are ready for picking -- a job that is done by experts who move about in the semi-blackness wearing mining lamps. Two pounds per square foot is considered a good crop yield. The mushroom is a heavy soil feeder, requires a rich compost in which to grow.
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