Inventor/ 3 7, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate II. 



The Tacaco, a Costa Rican Vegetable (Polakowskia tacaco Pittier i. 



r se fruits ure borne on a rapidly growing vine resembling other cucurbit vines. They arc 

 picked green, boiled in water, and form a favorite addition t" \ soups, or are 



pickled, it is a near relative of the chayole [Chayota edttlis). Natural-size photograph 

 (P6119FS), bj E. L. Crandall.ofS. P. I. No.26245, November 19, 1909. (See S. P. I. No 



