Inventory _67, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate V. 



The Higacho, an Andean Relative of the Papaya. (Carica sp.; S. P. I. 



No. 53754.) 



In the high Andes of Ecuador are found several wild species of Carica, similar in general appear- 

 ance to the papaya but much more frost resistant. The Higacho is one of these. It withstands 

 without injurj' temperatures as low as 20° F. above zero, and its greenish yellow fruits, about 

 4 inches long "and highly aromatic in character, when cooked with sugar,' make an excellent 

 preserve. The species should be crossed with the papaya with a view to obtaining new forms 

 of value for cultivation in Califo-nia and Florida. (Photographed bv Wilson Popenoe, Banos, 

 Ecuador, March 11, 1921; PlSiJ^FS.) 



