California Avocado Association
1936 Yearbook
Volume 21

Table of Contents

REPORTS ON VARIETIES AND SEEDLINGS
  1. Variety Check-List

  2. Seedlings Registered with Association

  3. Report of Variety Committee

  4. Supplementary Statement by Chairman of Variety Committee

  5. California Varieties Which Warrant Further Experimentation

  6. Variety Distribution as Delivered to Calavo Growers

  7. Marketability Ratings
CULTURAL PRACTICES AND ORCHARD COSTS
  1. Bud Selection in Avocado Varieties
    A. D. Shamel

  2. Symposium on Pruning Avocados

  3. Vincent F. Blanchard

  4. Raymond Marsh

  5. C. E. Knowlton

  6. G. R. Calkins

  7. Six Year Avocado Analysis and Outlook
    Harold E. Wahlberg

  8. Normal Production Costs
    M. B. Rounds

  9. Do Windbreaks Pay?
    Harold E. Wahlberg

  10. Saving the Soil
    Charles W. Petit

  11. Fertilizer and Irrigation Problems
    W. R. Schoonover

  12. Irrigation
    Cecil Compton

  13. Questions and Answers, Avocado Institute

  14. Questions and Answers, Annual Meeting

  15. Questions and Answers, Annual Meeting
PESTS AND DISEASES (See Preceding and Following Groups) EXPERIMENTS AND RESEARCH REPORTS (Non-Varietal)
  1. Chlorine in Relation to Ring-Neck in Avocado Fruits

  2. Propagating the Avocado by Means of Stem Cuttings

  3. Growth of the Avocado Tree in Solution Culture

  4. Effect of Ringing Avocados

  5. Pectin in Avocado Leaves

  6. Mottle-Leaf and Sun-Blotch Disease Control
    E. R. Parker
REPORTS ON AVOCADOS IN FLORIDA, CALIFORNIA AND FOREIGN LANDS
  1. Arica, Chile, South America

  2. Egypt

  3. Florida, Cuba, Mexico, Guatemala and California
    James G. France

  4. Brazil

  5. Australia

  6. Algeria (North Africa)

  7. Africa (South Africa)

  8. Florida, Observations of Avocado Production in
    M. B. Rounds
REPORTS ON AVOCADOS IN FLORIDA, CALIFORNIA AND FOREIGN LANDS
  1. Mexico — Parent Fuerte Tree
    A. D. Shamel

  2. Palestine

  3. Italy

  4. Greece

  5. French Riviera

  6. Philippines

  7. Philippine Avocado Bibliography

  8. Morocco

  9. Panama

  10. Hauula, Hawaii—Letter from Will J. Cooper
COUNTY AVOCADO REPORTS
  1. Avocado Department, Farm Bureau, Los Angeles County
    Carter Barrett

  2. Avocado Industry in Ventura County
    Vincent F. Blanchard

  3. Avocado Growing in Santa Barbara County
    Sydney A. Anderson

  4. Avocados in Los Angeles County
    M. B. Rounds

  5. Orange County Avocado Notes
    Harold E. Wahlberg

  6. Avocado Department, Farm Bureau, Orange County
    H. H. Gardner

  7. Avocados in San Diego County
    Jean C. Miller
GENERAL INDUSTRY ARTICLES, HISTORY AND REPORTS
  1. Seventh Annual Avocado Growers' Institute Program

  2. 1937 Avocado Outlook, Agricultural Extension Service, U. of C

  3. Early Illustration of the Avocado
    Dr. H. J. Webber

  4. Avocados Hit by Cold Wave

  5. Third Freeze for Huntington Orchard

  6. Second Freeze More Severe

  7. Looking Back
    Wilson Popenoe

  8. Industry Observations
    Geo. B. Hodgkin

  9. Early Experiences in Avocado Growing
    Wm. Hertrich

  10. Convictions Secured for Avocado Thieves
    F. J. Hansen

  11. Vigilance Reduces Thievery
    Sheriff Logan Jackson

  12. Resolutions Passed at 7th Annual Avocado Institute

  13. State Avocado Committee Report, California Farm Bureau Federation

  14. Resolutions Adopted by California Farm Bureau Federation
MARKETING
  1. Calavo Growers' 13th Annual Report
PERSONALITIES
  1. An Appreciation of Early Variety Com. Members
    Carter Barrett

  2. Charles D. Adams (In Appreciation)

  3. Thomas H. Shedden, 1856-1935

  4. Juan Murrieta, 1844-1936

  5. H. E. Newton, 1889-1936

  6. William Livingston McCulloch, 1891-1936
PHOTOGRAPHS (Other than those included with subject articles)
Frontispiece: Charles D. Adams
  1. Avocado in China

  2. Avocado Nursery in North Africa

  3. Young Avocado Trees in Algeria

  4. Window Display of Calavo Avocados, Chicago

  5. Dothiorella Rot and Canker

  6. Canker and Tip-burn

  7. Market Display of Calavo Avocados, St. Louis

  8. Carload Calavo Avocados to National Tea Co., Chicago
THE ASSOCIATION
  1. Officers and Directors

  2. Past Presidents

  3. Twenty-First Annual Meeting Program

  4. Minutes of Annual Meeting

  5. Address of Welcome, Annual Meeting
    Harold E. Wahlberg

  6. President's Annual Report
    A. W. Christie

  7. Resolutions at Annual Meeting

  8. Annual Dinner Program

  9. Financial Statement

  10. By-Laws

  11. Membership List

  12. Advertisements

  13. Subject Index, 1915-1936, Inclusive