A description of some Chinese vegetable food materials and their nutritive and economic value . Drawings of various Roots. 1, Portion of the rootstock of Nelumbiuni xpeciosuin aud cross section of same; 2, Tuber ofPachyrhizus angulatus; 3, The v. aX^^v chestnut (Eleocharis tuberosa); 4, A root of Blanihot,probably M. utilissima; 5, A small form of taro (Colocasia antiquorum). 15 Francisco there is a limited demand among the white races for theroots. A root of G. antiquoruni is shown in PI. IV, fig. 5. The area in the United States suited to the culture of taro is some-what limited. A patch of
A description of some Chinese vegetable food materials and their nutritive and economic value . Drawings of various Roots. 1, Portion of the rootstock of Nelumbiuni xpeciosuin aud cross section of same; 2, Tuber ofPachyrhizus angulatus; 3, The v. aX^^v chestnut (Eleocharis tuberosa); 4, A root of Blanihot,probably M. utilissima; 5, A small form of taro (Colocasia antiquorum). 15 Francisco there is a limited demand among the white races for theroots. A root of G. antiquoruni is shown in PI. IV, fig. 5. The area in the United States suited to the culture of taro is some-what limited. A patch of it has been growing in the Garden ofEconomic Plants of the University of California for a number of years,and has produced an abundance of large sound roots. In southernCalifornia it makes a rapid growth, but requires an abundant supplyof water. The Florida Experiment Station ^ has also experimentedwith it and reports satisfactory results. WATER CHESTNUT. Though several species of Scirpus and the allied genus Eleocharisbear tuber-like roots, they are not commonly considered plants ofeconomi
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