LICORICE CIRCULAR 



DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 



Washington, February 10, 1885. 



To 



SIR : In view of the large import into the United States of licorice, 

 in its various forms the import of the root alone, in 1884, amounting 

 to 39,057,000 pounds, valued at $800,000 and believing that the plant 

 can be grown in some portions of the United States, many parties in- 

 terested herein have requested the Department to secure through its 

 consuls resident in the licorice-producing districts, certain information, 

 embraced in the following questions: 



1. Does the plant grow wild, or is it cultivated? 



2. What kind of soil and climate are best suited to its growth! 



3. If cultivated, describe the mode and manner of its cultivation. 



4. How long does it require to reach maturity? 



5. Beyond the root is the plant or stalk utilized? 



In addition to the foregoing you are requested to supply as much in- 

 formation as possible concerning the plant; the manner in which the 

 root is prepared for the market; whether it is subject to any adultera- 

 tion in its preparation for the market; the amount exported from your 

 district to the United States, where it is raised, prepared, and how it is 

 shipped hither, &c., in fine, everything which can be of service to parties 

 engaged in the trade, or who contemplate the cultivation of the plant 

 in the United States. 



I am, sir. your obedient servant, 



W. HUNTEE, 

 Second Assistant Secretary. 



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