— Photo by Wilson Popsnoe 



Market scene at Coban, Northern Guatemala. It is to such markets in the 

 tropical cities that the natives bring their wares, including fruits, for sale. This 

 is one of many visited by Wilson Popenoe, in his exploration work to secure 

 new and finer varieties of avocados and other plants and trees. Occasionally a 

 superior fruit will be found on sale in such a market. It is then traced back 

 to its place of growth, and the tree on which it was grown is carefully studi«tJ. 



— Photo by Wilson Popenoe 



Part of a lot of 10,000 avocados, gathered in the highlands of Guatemala 

 by Wilson Popenoe, explorer for the U. S. Department of Agriculture. They are 

 being dried at Guatemala City, preparatory to the extraction of the seeds, which 

 are to be sent to Washington. There they will be grown in the Department 

 greenhouses, to be used as stocks for the buds which are being sent up by Mr. 

 Popenoe from time to time, as valuable varieties are discovered. 



