Agricultural Brief: American Ginseng — Rooted in Wisconsin
Agricultural Brief: American Ginseng — Rooted in Wisconsin
Report Number: AB/95-2
Since the early 1700’s, American ginseng (Panax Quinquefolium) – harvested in Canada and the United States – was collected from the wild and exported to China. The first attempt to cultivate ginseng in the United States was made by Abraham Whisman of Boones Path, VA, in the 1870’s. However, it wasn’t until the late 1880’s that ginseng was successfully cultivated.
The 1992 Census of Agriculture was the first census in which ginseng production was measured apart from other herbs because of its economic significance.
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