Inventory 56, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate I. 



The White Sapote, 



AS IT Grows in 

 LA Llave, S. p. I 



Costa Rica. 

 No. 46375.) 



(Casimiroa epulis 



This truit-bearing tree is commonly cultivated in Mexico and Central America, benij; parlicnlarly 

 esteemed by the inhabitants of" Mexico. In recent years it has been grown m ( alifornia and 

 Florida, where it succeeds admirably. There is much dilTerence among seedling trees in the 

 character of their fruit; that of some is excellent, while that of others is of nuiwkish or even bi ler 

 flayor Superior varieties are now being propagated by budding or grafting. (I-hotograpnea 

 by Wilson Popenoe, Cartago, Costa Rica, May 29, 1920; P17854F.S.) 



