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difficult matter to determine exactly, as the value of 

 each lot of cultivated root depends entirely upon the 

 grower. Some men with greater intelligence than 

 others produce much more satisfactory results." 



Messrs. J. L. Prouty, of New York city, under 

 date of December 6, 1901, wrote to Orange Judd Com- 

 pany as follows : 



"Northern ginseng root this season has sold from 

 $6 to $7 per pound as to size, etc. Southern root from 

 $4.50 to $5.50 per pound, clean and off strings. These 

 prices have been fully seventy-five cents to $i per 

 pound higher than season of 1900. As to the culti- 

 vated ginseng root no quantities this year have been 

 put upon the market to establish separate prices, still 

 we have sold a few small lots of the cultivated at $7.50 

 and $8 per pound, grown in New York State. The 

 cultivated root has a different taste and a certain 

 character which we can distinguish from the wild, 

 crude root and should some of the growers clarify this 

 root 'twould sell for at least $10 per pound." 



Mr. T. A. Bronson in November, 1901, quotes the 

 following : 



Ginseng, fair to choice, wild dug, 1899 $5.00 to $6.50 



1900 $5.00 to $6.50 



1901 $5-75 to $7.00 



Ginseng, cultivated, choice sold this year, $9, ordinary $7.50 to $8 

 Specially good lots wild dug may have commanded $7.50, but 



this was exceptional. 



Dealers in the South were unknown to the author 

 when the first edition was prepared, but two have been 

 found who have furnished their prices. Messrs. Wal- 

 lace Bros., Statesville, N. C, wrote as follows on July 

 25, 1902 : "From September to January, 1900, we paid 

 for ginseng root, wild, $4 per pound, for cultivated, 

 $4.50. And during the season of 1900 we paid $4.50 

 and $5 respectively. A number of parties are cul- 



