Life is gourd.
The digger had a sixth sense for ginseng roots, a preternatural ability to see leaves from a distance amid a swirling puzzle of forest life. He was driving, quickly now, on a gravel road that wound through a deep valley between those forests. Then he hit his brakes.Sang, a longtime nickname for the mysterious and lucrative ginseng root, might just be Pennsylvania’s most valuable crop, often selling for hundreds of dollars per pound.
Many longtime diggers believe that’s an excuse to drag the harvest, one of Pennsylvania’s oldest, closer to licensing and taxation.The full-time digger and forager who allowed The Inquirer to accompany him for a day wanted to be identified only as “Justin G.” A savvy competitor might use his full name to get his address, he said, then glean his hunting grounds. “Western Pennsylvania, north of Pittsburgh” was as specific as he wanted to get about our location.
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