California Avocado Association
1929 Yearbook
Volume 14

Table of Contents

Frontpiece: Aeroplane Takeoff (Plate)
  1. Table Of Contents

  2. Officers And Directors

  3. Membership List
SEMI-ANNUAL FIELD TOUR, ORANGE CO., October 20, 1928
  1. Anthracnose
    Prof. W. T. Horne

  2. Avocado Thefts

  3. Dr. Coit tribute

  4. General Marketing Problems
    Geo. B. Hodgkin

  5. Advertising Calavos
    Leigh Crosby

  6. The Wholesaler's Problems
    Joe Brodkey

  7. Afternoon Session, Talk given in old Taft Grove at San Joaquin Fruit & Investment Co. Ranch (Irrigation, etc.)

  8. Second Stop (Windbreaks, etc.)

  9. Third and Last Stop (Variety Check Plot)

  10. J. M. Elliott Appreciation

  11. Avocado Growers Tour
    Ventura County Farm Advisor
ANNUAL MEETING CALIFORNIA AVOCADO ASSOCIATION
  1. Investigations at the Citrus Experiment Station in Relation to the Avocado Industry
    Dr. E. R. Parker

  2. The Vitamin A. Content of Avocados
    Dr. Leroy S. Weatherby

  3. Some Economic Aspects of the Avocado Industry in California and Florida
    Robt. W. Hodgson

  4. Advertising
    Don Francisco

  5. Chamber of Commerce Publication

  6. Calavo Advertising

  7. 6th California Avocado Show
    Murray Gregory

  8. Financial Report

  9. Annual Business Meeting

  10. Real Estate Resolution

  11. Mediterranean Fruit Fly

  12. President's Address

  13. Avocado Notes from Foreign Countries: Haiti and Palestine
    Knowles Ryerson

  14. Avocado Facts and Problems in San Diego

  15. Build Up Your Avocado Library
CALAVO GROWERS OF CALIFORNIA FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT
  1. Foreword

  2. Field Department

  3. Research Department

  4. Packing Operations

  5. Advertising Department

  6. Financial Report

  7. Sales Department

  8. Traffic Department

  9. Legal Department

  10. General Organization

  11. Conclusion
PATHOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY
  1. A New Avocado Moth
    August Busck, U. S. Bureau of Entomology

  2. Carapace Spots
    Dr. Wm. T. Horne

  3. Thrips Injury to Avocados
    Dr. Ralph H. Smith

  4. Thrips and Their Control
    Dr. J. Eliot Coit

  5. Anthracnose of the Avocado in Peru
    E. V. Abbott

  6. Pruning by Pinching and Disbudding
    Harry J. Smakel

  7. Cold Storage, Ripening, and Respiration Studies of the Fuerte Avocado
    Dr. E. L. Overholser

  8. Proteins of the Avocado
    Dr. D. Breese Jones, Etc
VARIETIES
  1. Report of the Committee on Varieties

  2. Supplemental Report

  3. Comments on Varieties
    J. M. Elliott

  4. J. M. Elliott in his grove

  5. Report of the Ventura Avocado Variety Committee for 1928

  6. Baldwin of Haiku tells What Avocado Varieties appear best for Hawaii

  7. Check List of Avocado Varieties by Prof. I. J. Condit revised by the 1929 Variety Committee and Others
LIST OF ADVERTISERS