Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-01
DAsHEENS To Be
CULTIVATED HERE
DEVELOPMENT COMPA N Y
WILL TEST NEW
TUBER

iLAlNViEW. Tex. April 0 A
quantity Of tubers OF the dasheaa
has been received from the United
states Department OF Agriculture Dr.
che Texas Land a improvement Com
pany, and will bo'planted on lis 600
acre irrigated demonstration form.
one mile east Of town a DESCRIPTIVE
circular accompanying the taUrr
save IN part
The dasheen Ia a vegetable FROM
'hc tropics related 10 me ordinary
colodium or elephant ear thc HaRa
ian taro and 10 semi wild ua.
i'r ~ our own southern State. o. De-
much superior 20 tanier n rmIf.
and b. 40 easily cooked as tIo p0faf.
li ls one OF the great staple Foot"
giants 81 the tropics. d. uhrr l.
similar 10 the potato iu eompa.Ho.
hut are dryer and contain from 2.
Fl. ger cent more protein Tho flavor
O' The cooked tubers ls slight. ..
FDstiye OF boiled chcstnuu ua...n.
Hrr baked. boiled or ofH.I.I.r
cooked. like potatoes when baked
tH.t are richer iu flavor than .H.r|
rnnioes After boiling thry ml Hs
French fried. made into croGurti. or
Wrd as stufilng for chicken. sra. Y.
other meats.
ne leaves Of The darhcou make
aH excellent substitute Tor spinach
of other greens ON account of their
arIdiiy, however. they should nDt
q. uc tasted raw when accidental
Do ao canten or ohcwcd. lennon juice
boz q little water will alleviate thc
burning sensation
he first experiment. mode bF
t.r department ~ agriculture go The
culture OF the dasheen taro and rr.
lated root crops. were ~ Porto Rico
AND Hawaii Experiment stations
Following this. specimen of these
crops we're brought 90 NaahIn"tou.
FOO sos. and grown boo thr depart
mont green houses From 1906 tu
i'Ul small cooperative experiment.
Boz lowing these roots Wor, made loo
nDr.y all ~ the Southern sai"E Hut
without very definite results until
th' after year when on, sixth acre
plot in rich bottom land in Borklof
County. s. G. produced au bushels
of 'ulers The most important fea.
cor. If that years work was th"
demonstration that Of all the yariiios
tested certain dashcens. which
Herc originally obtained from the o.
land uf Trinidad. British West Indies.
R.ro among the best in point OF
yield aud greatly superior o. an
other. In point OF quality These
Trinidad dasheens. planted @ 10 q
'na' anart. produced an average OF
pounds to the hill. or ~ the rate of
n.,f 5000 bushels per acre
TH. next season was uufatorahlo
8nI aiisfactory results we're not ob.
WurI M the South Carolina pl1uia
'oH bat preliminary experiment,
u freshly broken. rich hammock
land re- the new plant Introduction
field station OF the department az
Hra0ksyille. Fla. showed that con.
dituns there we're favorable for
Iash,ru culture. aud iu the spring uf
i"II half acre OF heavy yieldiug
varieties was planted The harvest
aas 81. bushels OF tubcrs. the crop
H.l -lthcred in November after
o. soting season OF about seven
months
200 s no longer whether the das-
h.,. e.u find favor Ia the United
euf.. n has been served repeated
N uu fho tables OF some OF the most
aHHnus and has been pronounced
o. EaHable addition 10 the menu 10
a .rcssfully served at tho au.
u uuuuet OF the National Geo
.arf society In Washington 800
january 1911, and after special
t..t Ha. reported upon faVoranN h'
.a. Ee committee OF an in'l1,u
'a' S. York club"
Tf. Iasheons received hy 'n'
Tua Land A. Development Co.,.
which the agent for the ENGLISH
capitalists IN the $4,000 600 pumped
irrigation project here. are Of tHr.
Trinidad variety. and the hortioHI
f ar the Company Mr. ~
E-e.- tates that white this is NOT
'-ar 70 country. he believes the'
Oh. ,,cessfullv crown on the
Tar. 20 least under irrigati'n
Hn.. beans and several other
f-0t.. .rops have proven profit
... bod. within the past icW scarH
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