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The small tree, whose trunk is seen in the photograph, produced over a hundred 1 -pound 

 fruits in a single crop. When it is realized that each of these fruits contains as much nourish- 

 ment as a small lonf of bread, the enormous value of the avocado as a source of human food 

 is readily apprcriatcd. (Fig. 4.) 



