coco 



THE Coco (Colocasia esculenta) as an article of food 

 would not be popular in this country, but in the tropics 

 it is grown as a field plant under the name of Coco, 

 and the tuberous root is used as food, being used much 

 in the same way as the Sweet Potato, boiled, roasted, 

 or baked, and at times the leaves in a young state 

 are used as a vegetable. This plant in this country 

 is mostly known as Caladium esculenta, aid is not 

 hardy though it does well planted out in the summer. 

 Very good tubers of this variety were sent a few 

 years ago to the Royal Horticultural Society to show 

 its value as a vegetable. 



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