﻿Inventory 58, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate IV. 



A New Relative of the Chayote, the Tacaco of Costa Rica. (Pola- 



KOWSKIA TACACO PlTTIER, S. P. I. NO. 47329.) 



A popular vegetable among the Costa Ricans, the tacaco, which is closely allied to the chayote 

 (the mirliton of the New Orleans Creoles) has never been tried in the United States. It comes 

 highly recommended as a delicious and palatable dish when prepared for the table by boiling 

 or baking and can probablv be used in as many diverse forms as the chavote itself. (Pho- 

 tographed by Wilson Popenoe, San Jose, Costa Rica, June 17, 1920; P17951FS.) 



