SUPPLEMENT TO THE CURRENT
PROSPECTUS OF
EVERGREEN GROWTH AND INCOME FUND
(the "Fund")
The section of the prospectus entitled "Management of the
Funds Portfolio Manager" is hereby supplemented to read as
follows:
"The portfolio managers for Evergreen Growth and
Income Fund are Stephen A. Lieber and Gary R.
Buesser. Mr. Lieber is currently Chairman and Co-
Chief Executive Officer of Evergreen Asset and has
been associated with Evergreen Asset and its
predecessor since 1969. Mr. Buesser joined Lieber
& Company in 1996 as an analyst. Previously, he
was a portfolio manager/analyst with Cowen Asset
Management and Shearson Lehman Brothers."
August 20, 1997
GRTH-INC-SK