California Avocado Association
1916-1917 Annual Report
Volume 2

Table of Contents

5. List of Illustrations
   
   
8. Foreword
   
   
10. By-laws
    
    
12. List of Members

SECOND SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING

15. Minutes of the Second Semi-Annual Meeting
    
    
16. Treasurer's Report
    
    
16. Avocado By-Products
    W. V. Cruess and S. K. Mitra
    
    
19. Market Value of the Avocado
    C. P. Taft
    
    
23. The Mineral Elements of the Avocado
    Prof. M. E. Jaffa
    
    
27. From Seedtime to Harvest
    T. U. Barber
    
    
32. Marketing Obstacles and Problems
    Dana C. King
    
    
37. Report of the Committee on the Classification and Registration of Varieties
    
    
40. Report of the Committee Judging Exhibits
    
    
42. The Classification and Registration of Varieties
    Dr. H. J. Webber
    
    
44. General Discussion
    Dr. J. Eliot Coit, Leader

THIRD SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING

51. Minutes of the Third Semi-Annual Meeting
    
    
53. The Exhibit of Fruits and Nursery Stock
    
    
55. The Avocado Industry and the Avocado Association—Presidential Address
    Dr. H. J. Webber
    
    
67. The Hotel and the Avocado
    Thos. H. Shedden
    
    
71. The Avocado in Mexico
    R. O. Price
    
    
73. Has the Mexican Type of Avocado a Permanent Place in the Industry
    E. S. Thacher
    
    
76. Experiences with Avocado Varieties
    Chas. D. Adams
    
    
78. Necessity of Co-operation
    Chas. D. Adams
    
    
80. Avocado Performance Records
    L. B. Scott
    
    
86. Further Investigations of the Composition and Food Value of the Avocado
    Prof. M. E. Jaffa
    
    
93. The Digestibility of the Fat of the Avocado
    H. A. Mattill
    
    
95. Methods of Avocado Growing in the Tropics Applicable to California
    E. E. Knight
    
    
98. Fruiting Habits of Budded Trees of the Different Avocado Varieties
    T. U. Barber
    
    
103. The Avocado in Southern California
     Joseph Sexton
     
     
105. History of the Avocado and Its Varieties in California with a Check List of All Named Varieties
     Prof. Ira J. Condit
     
     
124. Illustrations of Interesting Avocado Fruits
     I. J. Condit and H. J. Webber
     
     
145. What About the Avocado?
     C. E. Utt
     
     
148. Our Experience in Growing the Avocado
     W. G. Fraser
     
     
152. A Bark Disease of Avocado Trees
     Prof. Howard S. Fawcett
     
     
154. Four Years' Experience with Budded Avocado Trees
     J. T. Whedon
     
     
157. Planting Plans for an Avocado Orchard
     H. J. Webber
     
     
160. Growing an Avocado Tree
     F. O. Popenoe
     
     
165. The Avocado in Florida
     John B. Beach
     
     
169. The Cultivation and Fertilization of the Avocado in Florida
     by W. J. Krome
     
     
174. The Growing of the Avocado in Hawaii
     J. E. Higgins
     
     
177. Avocado Growing in Porto Rico
     Tracy Bartholomew
     
     
179. Avocado Growing in the Philippine Islands—Letter from P. J. Wester
     
     
181. The Avocado in Venezuela—Letter from Homer Brett
     
     
181. The Avocado in Egypt—Letter from Thos. W. Brown