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“ getting for us from Jamaica the white variety of the Chocho (what 
“ we have is the green one), and I am under the impression that the 
“ white variety will grow down almost to sea-level, and the green one 
“ here begins to feel- uncomfortable below 2,000 feet.” 
The Chocho has me mee oe P at Darjeeling, and according 
to Dr. King is very c n there. From thence it has recently been 
introduced to Sabarnoi and is nbtieed as follows in the Report of 
Mr. Duthie for the year 1885 :— 
“ Sechium edule is called ‘Chocho’ in the West oat where it is 
& cultivated. Both the fruit and root are eaten. The fruit is oblong, 
“ about 4 inches long, and is considered to be wholesome and fattening. 
“ The large fleshy root, Saat weighing as much as 20 lbs., is 
“ said to resemble a yam when cooked. The seed was sent to me from 
* n e Mr. tätiiiié, pe has successfully cultivated the plant 
“ in his garde 
In the Report on the Saharunpur Gardens for the year 1886 it is 
stated that— 
“ The peculiar cucurbitaceous vegetable, the ‘Chocho’ of the West 
“ Indies, has taken kindly to the climate ef Arnigadh, and is likely to 
“& prove a useful addition to our varieties of vegetables, Four plants 
“ were raised last year from seeds received from Mr. Gammie, Darjeeling, 
P 
me ripened fruits the stock nereased to 20 plants 
“ It is expected that these will produce sufficient fruit this season for 
“ sowing rate-s t. As contains a, seed, 
thë ieee cannot be so quickly propagated as oth urbitaceous 
“ plants, hence a st ock sufficiently large for distribution Fequtles time 
pan 
«oB nedaelon.” 
In Mr. Morris’s Report on the Island of St. Helena, dated January 
1884, attention was drawn to the desirability of introducing the Chocho 
to that island as a valuable and hardy vegetable. 
Subsequently arrangements were made with Dr. Michael Grabbam, of 
Madeira, for the despatch of Chocho fruits from Madeira to the Governor 
of St. Helena. Unfortu mio Bien Ba ad e kindly sent by Dr. pream 
iscarri = 1886 another 1 
Office, dated a pda 1887, it appears that “many of the plants 
are now growing.” 
In the Appetit to the Report of the Superintendent of the Botanic 
Gardens, Singapore, for 1885, it is stated that the Chocho “ established 
“ on Penang Hill in „general excellence far surpasses all other cucumbers 
“& grown in the Straits.” 
A pen of the Chocho is growing on the eastern side of the Sag 
House at Kew, and several smail plants are in the Temperate House. 
large plant fruited the first year after it was imported, but it has never 
fruited since, although it is growing well. When the fruit is allowed to 
p an 
m n the plant the seed germinates and develops. both leaves and 
roots in situ. Specimens of ee ae st o are in the Kew oe oe 
presented by L. A. Mont Es xico, present 
eir q: 3 e by D 
Hanbury, Esq.; from Ve pei under se name of Challote o Oa 
presented by the Aaram of that Republic ; and starch prepared from 
the root of Chocho at Jamaica, Peet by Dr, Macfadyen, 

