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Show BIG GINSENG ROOT E. M. Smith, a well-known hunter hunt-er of Marlin, W. Va., discovered the largest ginseng root ever found in that part of the state while hunting for pheasants on Red Lick mountain the other day. Smith became entangled in some sort of plant and after investigating found it to be a giant ginseng stalk four feet high. He dug it up and sold the -root to a local grocer. There were between 70 and 80 marks or scars on the curl of the root, each showing an annual growth, which indicates that the plant had been growing unmolested for well on toward to-ward 100 years. A large quantity of ginseng is dug in the state for shipment to China, where the natives have great faith in its medicinal qualities. |