PI. 221. 









LAKE AMATITLAN, THE HOME OF THE GUATEMALAN AVOCADO. 



The first two sets of cuttings of Guatemalan avocado varieties to be sent in by Mr. Wilson 

 Popenoe, Agricultural Explorer of the United States Department of Agriculture, were 

 collected on the opposite shore of this mountain lake, in the section known as Rellew, 

 where numerous coffee fincas or plantations occur. (Photographed by Wilson Popenoe, 

 Liiguna, Guatemala, October 9, 1916; P16846FS.) 



