A FIELD OF GINGER IN SHANTUNG PROVINCE, CHINA. 
The consumption of Chinese Ginger (Zinziber officinalis) 
in America, although it might still be ranked as a deli- 
cacy, amounts to half a million 'pounds yearly. Its prep- 
aration as preserved, dried or candied ginger is so ..simple 
that any housewife could learn how to do it and since the 
underground rhizomes will stand quite low temperatures it 
should be worth while to distribute it throughout the 
South and Southwest for dooryard garden cultivation either 
with or without irrigation. The Chinese use it fresh as 
well as preserved. Photo by F. N. Meyer, No. 5342, taken 
Sept. 8, 1907, at North Ninyang, Shantung, China. 
