Inventory 70, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate II. 



A Bunch of Seedless 



PEJIBAYES. GUILIELMA UTILIS OERST. 

 No. 54776.) 



S. P. I, 



Though it has been likened to the date palm because of its abihty to produce large quantities 

 of nourishing food, the pejibaye differs from the date in that its chestnut-flavored fruits 

 contain starch instead of sugar! Don -losa Zeledon, of San Jose, Costa Rica, to whom the 

 Department of Agriculture is indebted for the gift of plants of the seedless pejibaye, a rare 

 and superior variety, is here shown holding a bunch that w eighs about 2.5 pounds. A mature 

 palm frequentlv bears five or six bimches in a single crop. (Photographed by Wilson 

 Popenoe, .^an Jose, Costa Kica, June 17, 1920; P17941FS.) 



