The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-10-10

flower painting. Ed Whitney first on
collection of photographs.
GINSENG PLANTATION.
Howard Lake Boasts of a Plantation
Which Demonstrates it Can be Success
fully Cultivated in Minnesota.
Few of our citizens, let alone the peo-
pie of the State at large, know of the
fact that located at Howard Lake, in
Wright county, the garden spot of all
Minnesota, is one of the most paying
plantations in the northwest, and that
in this plantation is contained less than
$500 square feet of soil, says the How
ard Lake Herald: "For years in the
State many have each year taken from
the forest thousands of dollars in Gin
seng,' until at the present time the
plant has to large extent, become ex-
tinct, or reduced in growth in its form
er haunts to such an extent that the
occupation of digging it for market has
largely been abandoned. Not many
years ago, when the price was far less
than to-day, it was possible to go into
the forests of the State and take from
mother earth daily roots to the value
of $40 to 500. From the years 1858 to
1862, there were exported from the
United States in pounds from the for
ests in it's wild form 1850, $40, to which
was attached a value of 81 ,45, 1875.
From the years 1889 to 1898, the supply
was 1851, 1852, or about one-third less
than the first five years, while the
price received was So, 795, 773, or about
four and one-half times greater than
the price per pound of the former
period. For some years past the Guilt
walton of Ginseng has been practiced
in northern China and Korea, and has
equently been attempted in this coun:
try, with little or no success until
recently. To-day Howard Lake boasts
of plantation, which demonstrates
fully that thorough knowledge of the
plant ''and by giving it its proper sur
roundings'' will lead to it's successful
cultivation, and the planting yield
large returns. Being attracted by the
price of the root in 1897, it occurred to
our townsman, n. Simmons, that its
cultivation could be made profitable
and he accordingly bought few of the
wild plants, transplanted them and
furnished the foundation of the Min
nesota Ginseng Plantation which is
to-day thrifty and has value our read
ers little dream Of. Up to his expert
menting it had been claimed the plant
could not be grown from the seed, but
he has successfully demonstrated that
hardy plants can be grown, which fur
nish larger and finer quality OF root
from the seed than from transplanted
plant, and for three years past has in
creased his plantation alone from the
propagation of the Seed"
1.-THE seed forms in clusters much
like bunch of grapes, though of a
bright red color, and each cultivated
plant yield them in abundance, many
having as high as one hundred and
fifty seeds to the stalk. The value of
these seeds are about two cents each.
and the full yield of the plantation has
been contracted for by the large seed
house of Northrup, King & Co., of
Minneapolis, who will catalogue them
this year for the first time in the his
tory OF the house, and in fact the seeds
have not been obtainable heretofore of
seed houses in the west, and few in the
east"
1.-The plant will grow, be hardy and
thrifty, on any soil which will raise
good garden stuff and Minnesota's eli
mate appears to be adapted to it's Guilt
walton. Plants grown from northern
grown seed are more adapted to this
climate; eastern plants cannot be trans
planted to this State with any success.
The roots of the cultivated plant far
exceed in size that of the forest pro-
duction, and the plants appear to be
even more hardy"
Few Bargains Left.
still have a few bargains left in nv
stock of clothing which I am closing
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