LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Plate I. Frontispiece — Good Specimen of the West Indian 



Race 3 



Plate II. Judge Charles Silent, Pioneer Avocado Grower 38 



Plate III. Along the Stream 58 



Plate IV. Typical Fruits of the Mexican Race 65 



Plate V. A Market Scene in Puerto, Mexico 65 



Plate VI. One of the Patriarchs 68 



Plate VII. Tree Renewal 68 



Plate VIII. A Young Avocado in the Canyada at Queretaro 71 



Plate IX. Harvesting the Avocado Crop in the Cemyada at Quere- 

 taro 71 



Plate X. An Avocado Grower's Home in the Canyada at Quere- 

 taro 72 



Plate XI. The Canyada at Queretaro 72 



Plate XII. Along the Aqueduct to Queretaro 74 



Plate XIII. The Best Orchard in the Canyada 74 



