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



Plate VI. 



An Avocado Tree of Good Form. 



The common tendency in Guatemala is for avocado trees to become tall and slender. Trees such 

 as the one here shown are of more desirable form, as they possess much more fruiting wood. It 

 would be advisable, however, to head the tree much lower except for the fact that the Guate- 

 malans desire to have the lowest limbs far enough above the ground to permit the soil to be worked 

 close around the tree. Black beans have been planted under this tree, while maize, or Indian 

 corn, can be seen in the background. ( Photographed at Antigua, Guatemala, January 28, 1917; 

 P17055FS.) 



