Mirliton Photos

Instructions for Viewing Mirliton Photo Albums

This is a collection of several hundred photographs of Louisiana heirloom mirliton varieties, growers, cultivation techniques, and plant diseases and pests. Several of these are instructional photos that use captions to explain the techniques.

• Click on the link to see the entire album of photos
• Click on the first image and scroll through the album using the navigation arrows
• Captions appear below some of the images
• Click on the image to get a clearer view
• Download images by using your “save image” tool2

• Anthracnose damage to Mirliton plant parts (chayote, “Sechium edule”)
• Assorted Mirliton Growers, Trellis and Shade systems
• Blackledge Mirliton Variety
• Boudreaux, Boutte, Botanical Garden, and Abandoned Site, All 2012
• Boudreaux, containers, festival, fencing, sprinkler
• California-Grown Chayote Varieties. Click on individual photos to get a closeup. In Lousiana, almost all chayote (mirliton) are smooth, but spiny varieties are not difficult to pick and cook and some people prefer their flavor.
• Church Point, Sunset and Opelousas Mirliton site visits Jan 18 10 (chayote, “Sechium edule”)
• College Inn Garden
• Crawford Frost-Protection
• Crawford Mirliton Farm – July 18, 09 (chayote, “Sechium edule”)
• Crawford’s Mirlitons Oct 9 09 (chayote, “Sechium edule”)
• Ed Landry, James Boutte, Joseph Boudreaux Mirliton Varieties, Dec. 2010) (chayote, “Sechium edule”)
• Ed Landry Mirliton Site Visit June 25, 2010 (chayote, “Sechium edule”)
• Elwood Shexnayder Variety Mirlitons, Destrehan, Louisiana
• “Eno Guillot” Mirliton Variety site visit Oct 17 09 (chayote, “Sechium edule”)
• Eunice, Scott, and Opelousas “Ishreal Thibodeaux White Mirliton” variety Site visits, (chayote, “Sechium edule”)
• Extinct Louisiana Mirliton Varieties
• Extinct “Miss Olive” white mirliton and mirliton tubers (chinchayote)
• Frost Protection Sprinkler Systems Jul 21, 2013
• Hand Pollinating of Mirlitons (chayote, “Sechium edule”)
• Harvest 2022
• How to “Incubate” Mirlitons into Sprouting, October 2009 (chayote, “Sechium edule”
• James Boutte Mirliton Variety (chayote, “Sechium edule”)
• “James Cobb” Mirliton Variety (chayote, “Sechium edule”)
• “James Cobb” mirliton variety site visit October 29 2009 (chayote, “Sechium edule”)
• Jody Coyne Mirliton Variety (locally grown)
• Louisiana Heirloom Mirliton Varieties
• “Mister Rock” mirlitons & vegetative propagation photos (chayote, “Sechium edule”) October 23 2009
• “Mister Rock” Mirliton site visit October 29 2009 (chayote, “Sechium edule”)
• “Papa Sylvest” Mirliton Farm Site Visit, July 2010 (Drainage Methods) (chayote, “Sechium edule”)
• “Papa Sylvest” Mirliton Variety (chayote, “Sechium edule”)
• Paul’s Metal-Post Mirliton Trellis System (chayote, Sechium edule)
• Powdery Mildew close-ups. on Mirliton
• Powdery Mildew (Podosphera Xanthii) in Mirlitons: How To Identify and Treat
• Raised Bed Drainage System Test Using interior French Drain Pipes Mirlitons (chayote, “Sechium edule)
• Root-Knot nematode Damage to Mirliton Roots (chayote, “Sechium edule”)
• “Sister Morgan” Mirliton variety Vines Sept 27 09 (chayote, “Sechium edule”)
• Site Visits at Mister Rock and Miss Vivian mirliton farms August 12, 2010 (chayote, “Sechium edule”)
• Sr. Morgan, Mister Andre, Mister Fournet, Miss Ruth, & Eno Guillot Mirlitons 2010-11(chayote, Sechium edule)
• Storing Mirliton Seeds in Plastic Apart from Fruit for Mailing Purposes (chayote, “Sechium edule”)
• Wilting From Anthracnose in Mirlitons (chayote, “Sechium edule”)