AMERICAN SUMAC, 
tion is from imported sumac. The importation of sumac into the 
United States, taken from the reports on commerce and navigation 
of the United States, issued by the United States Department of 
Commerce, is shown in Table 2. 
Table 1. — Production of sumac extract in the United States. 
Year. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
1925 
4, 211, 892 
5, 524, 944 
5, 279, 069 
5, 809, 278 
6,452,367 
$261, 407 
276, 553 
343, 680 
369, 716 
301, 255 
1927 
1929 
1931 
1933 
Table 2. — Importation of sumac into the United States for consumption. 
jfear. 
Sumac extract. 
Sumac 
eaves. ' 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
1925 
110, 008 
76, 589 
110, 049 
153, 255 
928, 479 
324, 705 
570, 728 
340, 878 
48, 875 
$8, 787 
7,257 
8,901 
11, 326 
38, 520 
20, 382 
30, 464 
12, 857 
2,650 
5, 712, 000 
7, 742, 000 
9, 146, 000 
7, 810, 000 
7, 158, 000 
4, 408, 000 
5,920,000 
2, 854, 000 
5, 154, 000 
$346, 319 
303, 509 
267, 021 
193, 552 
213, 361 
134, 899 
117, 479 
40, 163 
115, 122 
1926 
1927 
1928 _ i -'. - 
1929 
1930 
1931 . 
1932 
1933 - 
1 Total of ground and unground leaves. 
For the past five years, 1930 to 1934, the price of domestic sumac 
has remained quite nominal, about $35 a ton. During this period 
Sicilian sumac reached its lowest range in price, from $35 to $52 
per ton, in 1932. In 1934 it rose again to from $62 to $76 a ton. 
SPECIES OF AMERICAN SUMAC. 
Important species of sumac growing in North America are : Dwarf 
sumac {Rhus copallina L.), white sumac {Rhus glabra L.) , and stag- 
horn sumac {Rhus hirta (L.) Sudw.). Other species which contain 
tannin are : Fragrant sumac {Rhus aromatica Ait.), American smoke 
tree {Rhus cotinoides Nutt.), and coral or Jamaica sumac {Rhus 
metopium L.). Two species of sumac are poisonous, namely: Poison 
sumac, or poison elder {Rhus vernix L.), and poison or three-leaf ivy 
{Rhus radicans L.). 
Dwarf sumac, sometimes called black or mountain sumac {Rhus 
copallina) . — A shrub or sometimes a small tree with maximum height 
