Two truck loads dry Ginseng—nearly 2 tons 
grown from 2 acres. This shipment brought $16.25 
per pound, net. 
Where To Sell Your Crop 
There are a number of Ginseng buyers in New 
York and San Francisco. We, however, in order to 
save the middleman’s profit which sometimes means 
as much as $4.00 to $5.00 per pound, have been ex- 
porting our crop direct to the Oriental markets, and 
will be glad to handle your crop, thereby saving you 
the greater part of the middleman’s profit. 
Here’s A Quick Way To Cash In On 
Your Investment 
Under this method you grow 2-year old Ginseng 
roots for transplanting purposes. ‘There is always 
a good demand for these 2-year old roots, as some 
growers would rather start their garden by planting 
these 2-year old roots rather than planting seed, 
thereby saving 2 year’s time, although it costs con- 
siderable more to get started this way. ‘These roots 
bring $45.00 to $50.00 per thousand net to the grow- 
er. 10 lbs. of seed will conservatively grow seventy 
thousand roots, not bad for a $300.00 investment, in 
2 years time. 
SMOKY MOUNTAIN GINSENG 
and 
GOLDEN SEAL GARDENS 
P. O. Box 861 
Asheville, N. C. 
My Late Father 
My father who was recognized as an outstanding 
crop expert for a number of years and was one of the 
first to bring this valuable plant under cultivation 
over 80 years ago, and the growing of Ginseng on a 
commercial scale has been in the family ever since, 
now in the third generation. 
Grow American Ginseng 
In connection with the crop that you are now 
growing, as this crop will not interfere with the crop 
you are now growing. Gensing does its best on land 
that cannot produce a dime per acre in any other 
crop. The place I have in mind is in your timber lot. 
Ginseng is not hard to grow, requires very little la- 
bor and needs no cultivation. An acre of Ginseng 
will produce about one ton, and has brought an aver- 
age price of $9.00 per pound for the last 30 years, 
and at one time reached an all-time high of $24.75 
per pound, and I can see no reason why this price 
should stop at even this figure, as there 1s less Gin- 
seng grown today than there has been for the last 30 
years. 
Harvesting The Root Crop 
The roots are harvested in September, October or 
November after the tops have ripened up. After 
the roots are dug the soil should be’well shaken from 
the roots and, of course, dried which will require 
about 30 days on an average. Roots should be dried 
in a well ventilated room. 
