PI. 216. 







A CHAYOTE ARBOR IN A GUATEMALAN VILLAGE. 



It is important to realize that in its native home, Guatemala, the chayote, or "guisquil," as it is 

 called there, is one of the most important vegetables grown. It is cultivated on low arbors 

 much like those used for the Scuppernong grape in our Southern States. To the Guate- 

 malans it is what a perpetual cucumber vine would be to Americans. (Photographed by 

 Wilson Popenoe at Santa Maria de Jesus, Guatemala, October 20, 1916; P16878FS.) 



