UTILIZATION AND COMPOSITION OF ORIENTAL VEGETABLES 49 
at which time the top growth withers. The matured ginger, both 
island grown and imported, is generally marketed in large, woven 
bamboo baskets. Ginger is a favorite ingredient in many oriental 
dishes. When frying is done, place a slice or two of ginger about 
one-eighth inch thick in the pan. Add garlic also if desired. 
In the Hawaiian Islands considerable ginger is grown for local 
consumption. The islands of Maui, Hawaii, and Oahu occasionally 
produce it in sufficient quantities for export to the mainland. 
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Locally and on the mainland the fresh roots are used in the manu- 
facture of ginger ale. The crop matures at seven months. It is 
usually harvested in May. 
Great Burdock (Arctium lappa, Lappa major, L. edulis). (Fig. 45) 
Chinese name: Ngau-pong 
Japanese name: Gobo 
Shape: Root, long, cylindrical, tapering at end. 
Size: One to four feet long; one-fourth to lty inches thick. 
Color: Skin, brown to gray : flesh, white. 
Texture: Coarse and fibrous. 
Great burdock is normally a biennial with large, broad, cordate 
leaves, and long petioles, but it is grown as an annual. It is a native 
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