AN INTERESTING TROPICAL GRAPE. 
(rassp., S. P. I. No. 46787.) 
The common wild grape of Mexico and Central America, Vitis tiliaefolia, 
produces very sour fruits scarcely larger than peas. The species is 
not, therefore, of great value for cultivation in tropical gardens, 
though it has possibilities when placed in the hands of the plant 
breeder. The totoloche of the isthmus of Tehuantepec, on the 
other hand, is a good-sized fruit of pleasant vinous flavor, delicious 
to eat out of hand. Above is shown a plate of totoloches; the fruits 
are dark maroon-purple, have a thick tough skin, and only two or 
three seeds. In general character they strongly suggest some of 
the grapes of the Muscadine group. The plant should be tried in 
gardens throughout the Tropics. (Photographed by Wilson 
Popenoe, at Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico, October 3, 1918; 
P17553FS.) 
