Inventory 58, Seeds and Plants Innported. 



PLATE IV. 



A New Relative of the Chayote, the Tacaco of Costa Rica. 

 KOWSKIA tacaco Pittier, S. P. 1 . No. 47329.) 



(Pola- 



A popular vegetable among the Costa Ricans, the tacaco, which is closely allied to the chayote 

 (the mirhton of the New Orleans Creoles) has never been tried in the United States. It comes 

 highly recommended as a delicious and palatable dish when prepared for the table by boiling 

 or baking and can probablv be used in as manv diverse forms as the chavote itself. (Pho- 

 tographed by Wilson Popenoe, San Jose, Costa"Rica. June 17, 1920; P179.51FS.) 



