Agave
fields of Agave
name of a distillery on the hillside of Agave
a mature Agave
the babies
the jimadores
cutter of the Agave
cutting out the baby
the baby trimmed for planting
planting the baby
panted for its 8 year long growth to be mature
a jimadores can plant 2,000 babies in an 8 hour day
Agave are periodically trimmed back
Link to a Video clip showing trimming of the Agave for harvest
cutting away the Agave to expose the piňa
the piňa
the piňa
piňa
slicing the piňa
to show its interior
the starch which can be converted to alcohol
all in a day's work
commemorated in a painting on the back of a tourist bus
