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meaning "tortoise." It was the name given to one of 
the nineteen months in the Maya calendar. 
MAN IK (No. 26), S.P.I. No. 45560. One of the 
twenty Maya day names. The hieroglyph which represents 
it shows a hand in the act of grasping. 
CABNAL (No. 27), S.P.I. No. 44782. Named for Jose 
Cabnal, a Kekchi Indian of Coban, who assisted in the 
work of securing these varieties in Guatemala. 
CANTEL (No. 28), S.P.I. No. 44783. Named for the 
Pinca Candelaria,a coffee plantation in Antigua where 
the parent tree was growing. "Cantel" is a corruption 
of this Spanish name, used by the Kekchi Indians of 
the Alta Vera Paz. 
TERTOH (No. 30), S.P.I. No. 44856. A Kekchi word, 
meaning "expensive" or "costly," The variety was so 
named because its fruit sold In the market at a much 
higher price than that of any other grown in the same 
region. It is one of the largest fruited of the Gua- 
temalan avocados. 
NIMAH (No 31), S.P.I. No. 45078. A somewhat cor- 
rupted form of the Kekchi phrase nim-U-ha, meaning 
"large stream." The variety was so named because the 
parent tree stood close to the edge of a stream at 
Mazatenango . 
AKBAL (No. 32), S. P. I. No. 45505. One of the 
twenty Maya day signs, meaning "night" or "darkness." 
KAGUAH (No. 33), S. P. I. No. 45561. A word used 
by the Kekchi Indians, " meanlng T "chief " or 1 "master." 
ISHIM (No. 34), S.P.I. No. 45562. This word means 
"corn" {Zea mays) in most of the Maya dialects . We have 
thought it appropriate to use it as a varietal' name for 
one of ; the Guatemalan avocados , because the Guatemalan 
Indians consider this fruit as useful and valuable as 
corn, their great staple food crop. 
KANAN (No. 35), S.P.I. No. 45563. A Maya r word, 
meaning "yellow when ripe." The flesh of this variety 
is of a rich yellow color. 
CHABIL (No. 36), S.P.I. No. 45564. A Kekchi word, 
meaning "pretty" or "beautiful." The fruit, though 
small, is unusually attractive in appearance. 
