﻿Inventory 56, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate I. 



The White Sapote, as it Grows in Costa Rica. (Casimiroa edulis 

 La Llave, S. P. I. No. 46375.) 



This fruit-bearing tree is commonly cultivated in Mexico and Central America, being pari icularly 

 esteemed by the inhabitants of Mexico. In recent years it has been grown in California and 

 Florida, where it succeeds admirably. There is much difference among seedling trees in the 

 character of their fruit; that of some is excellent, while that of others is of mawkish or even bitter 

 flavor. Superior varieties are now being propagated by budding or grafting. (Photographed 

 by Wilson Popenoe, Cartago, Costa Rica, Mav 29, 1920; P17Sf>4FS.) 



