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MWIMl >I I)KVKI/)rMKNT OF THE AVOCADO TREE 



Such trees as this, prol)al)ly a century or more, in age, are rare in Guatemala, but serve ad- 

 miraVjly to illustrate the habit as well as the maxiimmi development of the avocado. Only 

 on good hcav>' soils can such dimensions be attained. A mature tree will sometimes bcar^as 

 many as two thousand medium sized fruits, or a thousand large ones. (Fig. 2.) 



