VI. 



Shipping dry roots - 13 



Shrinkage in drying 43 



Cost of production 45 



Cost of starting a garden 45 



Profits 46 



A small garden 48 



How to grow good Roots. Removal of seed buds 50 



Diseases of Ginseng 52 



Key to some Ginseng Diseases 56 



Fungus and Bacterial Diseases of Ginseng 56 



The Alternaria Blight 60 



History 61 



Symptoms of the disease 63 



Cause of the disease 64 



Life history of the parasite 65 



Ecology of the disease 67 



Control 69 



Damping off of Seedlings 76 



Rhizoctonia Rot of Stems and Roots 77 



Root Rots of Ginseng 79 



The wilt 80 



Black rot 82 



Soft rot 84 



End or red rot 86 



Crown rot 87 



Nematode root gall 88 



End Rot, Fiber Rot, Rust or Scab 91 



History of the disease 91 



Economic importance 92 



Symptoms 93 



Etiology 93 



