A FIELD OF GINGER IN SHANTUNG PROVINCE, CHINA. 



The consumption of Chinese Ginger (Zinziber officinalis} 

 in America, although it might still be ranked as a deli- 

 cacy, amounts to half a million pounds yearly. Its prep- 

 aration as preserved, dried or candied ginger is so simple 

 that any housewife could learn how to do it and since the 

 underground rhizomes will stand quite low temperatures it 

 should be worth while to distribute it throughout the 

 South and Southwest for dooryard garden cultivation either 

 with or without irrigation. The Chinese use it fresh as 

 well as preserved. Photo by F. N. Meyer, No. 5342, taken 

 Sept. 8, 1907, at North Ninyang, Shantung, China. 



