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of the world. But we have not gone very far in yet and 
there should be no question about the Pacaya or salad 
palm, which grows in such large quantities about Coban, 
and I have another candidate in a related species, also 
having an edible inflorescence but smaller. The advantage 
is that this species is stolonlf erous , which makes it much 
easier to propagate. It is a very graceful species, much 
like the true pacaya in general appearance. We know it as 
yet, only by the native name, sagui-qult. 
"Accounts of the avocados are favorable though there 
are none in the immediate vicinity. The question of sea- 
son is most uncertain though. Some say that July and 
August are the principal months for the hard shelled 
forms, and others that the season has already passed, be- 
ing in February and March. Whether this indicates a local 
varietal difference does not yet appear." 
