Taro
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Known in China and Egypt Before Christian Era
Prom Our Own Correspondent
Honolulu, Feb. 6.
TARO, the ancient and modern staple food of most Pacific native peoples was known to the Chinese in 100 B.C , and was in wide use among the Egyp tians at the beginning of the Christian era. , f \ ; Pliny, for example, referred to it in 50 A.D. as an important established food.
These and almost every other fact which you might care to know about taro are included in Bulletin 84. just issued free by the University of Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station at Honolulu.
Leo D. Whitney, agronomist at the station, wrote the Bulletin after long research, and collaboration with local authorities, including the Bishop Museum.
Eighty-four varieties of taro are de scribed. The Bulletin is timely because of the recent emphasis placed upon the food values of taro by physicians and nutritionists.