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everywhere in Rappahannock County,” T. R. Baldwin said.
‘‘I’ve never seen it grow in the sun. Always grows in the shade,” Atkins added.
The plant grows to be about two feet tall, Baldwin said. It can be picked any time between June and the first frost. The roots are bigger and weigh more, hence are more valuable, later in the season. When ginseng leaves are still green, it can be mistaken for other wild plants.
‘‘Once I ate some poke stalk roots, thinking it was ginseng,” Burnam Atkins remembered. ‘‘Talk about making a man sick!”
‘‘But in the fall, there’s nothing that gets as pretty a yellow,” T. R. Baldwin said. ‘‘The leaves
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