Bul. 1247, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. PLATE VII. 
Fic. |.—A |0-POUND HILL OF ONE OF THE SMALL-TUBERED JAPANESE 
TAROS BELONGING TO COLOCASIA ESCULENTA. 
The soil and most of the fibrous roots have been removed, but the tubers are still clustered just 
as they grew. The corm, which is small, is hidden by the tubers. The better varieties of this 
type of taro produce less heavily than the one illustrated. (Reduced.) (P8908FS.) 
Fic. 2.—A SMALL PLANT OF TARO, S. P. |. No. 47147, COLOCASIA SP. 
This taro, of unknown name and origin, resembles the dasheen in producing a num- 
ber of oval lateral tubers of suitable size for table use. As in the case of the plant 
shown, these tubers usually do not send up leaf shoots. (P11921FS.) 
