AN AiM'ni/iNc. <;iii:Ar, and wholesome EOOI) 



In the small towns of the Guatemalan hishlan.ls Roorl avocados are sold at half «;•;;; Yj^J^JVjj;'- 

 even less. In the capital itself, where they must be brouRht rom ^'^Vt^^.l^uhtfiil if tl ere is 

 thcv are high when the price is more than one cent. At such prices it is ''""'l^*^"' '*. ^^^/^^ 'J 

 an/, ther food which can compare with the avocado ,n ^aluc And m additu n o e^^^^^ 

 cheap it is a tasty foo.l. and so wholesome that it can be used regularly as one ot the major 

 articles of diet. (Fig. 1.) 



