Agricultural news . elds arein good condition. (Agricultural Reporter, November 3, 1917.) The Choco.—One of the most widely cultivatedvegetables in tropical parts of the Western Hemisphereis the Choco (:Sechium edule), well known in the West fruit is cooked and eaten in the same way as thevegetable marrow. The fruit is sometimes offered for salein London, but it is doubtful if appreciated exceptby those who have made its acquaintance in the plant can be grown successfully under glass in Field, August 25, 1917, tells a story of a marketgardener in Essex
Agricultural news . elds arein good condition. (Agricultural Reporter, November 3, 1917.) The Choco.—One of the most widely cultivatedvegetables in tropical parts of the Western Hemisphereis the Choco (:Sechium edule), well known in the West fruit is cooked and eaten in the same way as thevegetable marrow. The fruit is sometimes offered for salein London, but it is doubtful if appreciated exceptby those who have made its acquaintance in the plant can be grown successfully under glass in Field, August 25, 1917, tells a story of a marketgardener in Essex who devoted several green-houses to thecultivation of choco. He obtained a most satisfactory crop,but failed to make it sell, so that he lost heavily. Thisproves nothing but that the slayat-home Englishman ismost conservative in his food. Yet those who have eatenit are quite sure that the choco is a delicious and wholesomeform of vegetable marrow. 360 THE AGEICULTUrAL NEWS. XOVEMBER 17, 1917. EDITORIAL Head Office. NOTICES. — Barbados. Letters and matter lor publication, as well as allrspecimens for naming, should be addressed to theCommissioner, Imperial Department of Agriculture?Barbados. All applications for copies of the AgriculturalNews and other Departmental publications, should be•addressed to the Agents, and not to the Department. The complete list of Agents will be found onpage 4 of she cover. Imperial Commissioner of Sir Francis Watts, , Agriculture for the West Indies „ , SCIENTIFIC STAFF. ? Assisfaiit andAssistant Editor Biitomulogist s ?Mycologist i \V. R. Dunlop.* [Rex. C. H. Branch, (H. A. Ballou, \J. C. Hutson, , W. NoweU, CLERICAL STAFF. ?Chief Clerh?Clerical Assistants A. G. Howell.(L. A. Corbin. ,P. Taylor.*Ik. R. C. Miss B. Robinson. Assistant Typist Miss W. Ellis. Aisistant for Publications A. B. Price, Fell. Journ. Inst. *Second(d for Military for Di
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