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county and Mr. George Stanton the pioneer cultivator. He has 
enlarged his beds and is now in correspondence with nearly all 
parts of the new world and much of the old on this subject; for 
the craze to enter the business is spreading, stimulated by the fab- 
ulous prices paid for both roots and seeds. Mr. Ready of the 
Amber ginseng gardens received in November $9 a pound for the 
cultivated roots, and from $6 to $7 for the wild roots. 
The seeds are greatly in demand. Four years ago the seeds 
sold for $1 an ounce, now they are being sold for prices ranging 
from $5 to $20 an ounce. Mr. Stanton expressed his satisfaction 
with $5 or $6 an ounce, as during the year 1901, he sold from 
one-fourth acre 50 pounds at that price, making that fourth of an 
acre to yield $4,500 in one year. About that same time he sold 
70 pounds of roots for $593.69, and also 224 pounds for $1,344.- 
37, which was the product of twelve square rods. Many of the 
beds had borne but one crop before. 
The principal growers are Mr. George Stanton at Apulia, 
Mr. Ready of Amber, Mr. Mills of Rose Hill, Mr. Timmerman 
of Apulia, Mr. Meara of Tully. 
Its culture has become one of Onondaga’s industries. 
The seeds are ruined if allowed to dry, so when gathered 
they are packed in dry sand and placed in a cool place. 
There is a demand for the neck of the roots from which 
plants are also raised by cultivation. 
To'what the craze for its cultivation will lead none can tell, 
nor of the future financial prospects for as yet only one nation 
makes much use of it, and the demand there may be more from 
sentiment than for any real virtues in this plant. When that 
nation shall have become more enlightened on medical remedies 
their high estimate of ginseng may wane and the fabulous prices 
be a thing of the past. 
