lgb wrote in
:

In article
om,
says...
therein lies the problem... I don't know anyone who
knows.... it does make it difficult to locate...


1. Go to local library
2. Find botany section.
3. Copy picture of sassafras tree/leaves.
4. Good hunting!

OTOH, if you live where sassafras doesn't grow, make
friends with a rebel, you damyankee :-).

the range for sassafrass is well up into NH, so being a
damyankee shouldn't play into finding one
look for the tree with leaves that look like mittens (some
have two "thumbs") & has bright yellow/orange/red fall color.
lee

Thank you very much. That is exactly what I was looking for, even if I
didn't know it at the beginning of this thread.

Tony

In article ,
says...
the range for sassafrass is well up into NH, so being a
damyankee shouldn't play into finding one

I'm jealous. I live in Eastern Washington and I've never seen one
around here. I admit to not looking that hard, but I think I'd
recognize one if I saw it. After all, they were thick in Kentucky where
I grew up - and dug sassafras every spring. Wild ginseng too :-).

--
Homo sapiens is a goal, not a description

Hi lgb, I live in Spokane now, and I can guarantee that we have no sassafras
here, and no nurseries that would consider selling it - even in the
arboretum....LOL. I guess it's the price we pay for having virtually no
mosquitos from late June until October.
"lgb" wrote in message I'm jealous. I live in
Eastern Washington and I've never seen one
around here. I admit to not looking that hard, but I think I'd
recognize one if I saw it. After all, they were thick in Kentucky where
I grew up - and dug sassafras every spring. Wild ginseng too :-).

--
Homo sapiens is a goal, not a description

"Hound Dog" writes in article dated Fri, 29 Apr 2005 23:59:46 -0500:

"madgardener" wrote in message
...

"Bear Drummer" wrote in message
ups.com...
I am trying to find a source for sarsaparilla for us to grow - We are
in Southern Mississippi... we love root beer, and my sister has started
making teas with what she finds at the herb shops, but we want to grow
it, not buy it in bulk...

I have searched Burpee's, and done google searches looking for a
source... does anyone have ideas on where to obtain some?

that would be the sassafras tree. And you'd have to boil the whole damn
thing to get a toxic ticturn. And the person saying there was something
at
the store, is speaking of the bottled concentrate (it's not THAT strong)
is
called "Pappy Sassafras" and it's safe to use. I would suspect living in
Mississippi youi have it growing in the woods and just don't know it. Ask
an
older person. They'll point out the palmate leaves and you can dig up a
sapling. I have six of them given me by the southern fairies and will
encourage them to grow as they are also beautiful trees in the fall.
madgardener

The Root Beer Concentrate I wrote about is called just that "Root Beer
Concentrate"
It is from McCormick.

A 2.0 Ounce bottle of concentrate will make 5 Gallons of Root Beer. That
seems pretty strong to me!

A URL for this product may be found at:

http://www.mccormick.com/productdetail.cfm?id=6033

Contains no sassafras. Sassafras oil was banned as a food additive by the
FDA. They said it was because it's a mild carcinogen, but probably the real
reason is that the main chemical is a precursor to the recreational drug
ecstacy, and the government wanted to shut down the X labs in the US.

-- spud_demon -at- thundermaker.net
The above may not (yet) represent the opinions of my employer.

Sarsaparilla beverage is made from the roots of the sassafras tree -- see
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_354.html . They are widely
distributed in the eastern US. I used to chew on sassafras twigs as a
youngster. Now is not the time to plant one, but several online nurseries
offer them. Just Google for "sassafras tree."

Cheers,

Karl W.


"Bear Drummer" wrote in message
ups.com...
I am trying to find a source for sarsaparilla for us to grow - We are
in Southern Mississippi... we love root beer, and my sister has started
making teas with what she finds at the herb shops, but we want to grow
it, not buy it in bulk...

I have searched Burpee's, and done google searches looking for a
source... does anyone have ideas on where to obtain some?