LOOKING TOWARD THE VOLCANOS FROM ATLIXCO 



Everywhere in this region Popocatepetl and Ixtaccihuatl dominate the landscape. This 

 view, taken from the summit of San Miguel (whose shadow can be seen in the foreground) 

 shows a few avocado trees around the wheat fields in the edge of town, and the Metepec 

 mill in the distance. 



THE ORCHARDS OF ATLIXCO 



Perhaps one-third of the orchards which surround the Cerro de San Miguel appear in 

 this photograph. A large proportion of the trees are avocados; the remainder are mainly 

 jinicuiles (see text). While Atlixco does not produce so many avocados as Queretaro, it 

 greatly excels the latter in the quality of its product. 



