iul. 743, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 



Plate i. 



An Avocado Tree in a Coffee Plantation at Antigua. 



Several kinds of quick-growing trees are used in coffee plantations to furnish shade for the delicate 

 coffee bushes. Avocados spring up from seeds dropped by workmen, and where they do not 

 interfere with other trees they are often allowed to grow and form part of the shade system. Some 

 of the best avocados in Guatemala are found in such situations as the one here shown. In order 

 to keep them from interfering with the coffee bushes the lower limbs are usually pruned off, and 

 a slender, erect form of tree is encouraged. (Photographed at Antigua, Guatemala, May 3, 1917; 

 P17250FS.) 



