California Avocado Society
1941 Yearbook
Volume 26

Table of Contents

REPORTS ON VARIETIES AND SEEDLINGS
  1. Variety List for 1941 Yearbook

  2. Registration of Seedling Avocados

  3. Seedlings Registered with the Society

  4. Distribution of Varieties as Delivered to Calavo Growers

  5. Variety Trends

  6. Florida Avocado Growers to Register Varieties

  7. Report of the Variety Committee—Annual Meeting, May 10, 1941

  8. Observations on the Avocado Variety Situation
    M. B. Rounds
CULTURAL PRACTICES AND ORCHARD COSTS
  1. Thinning Crowded Avocado Orchards
    Raymond H. Marsh

  2. Permanent Cover versus Cultivation
    Ambrose S. DeBard

  3. Permanent Cover for Avocado Orchards
    Austin R. Marshburn

  4. Moisture Requirements of the Avocado
    Raymond H. Marsh

  5. Observations on Protection of Avocados from Cold Injury
    W. F. Ward

  6. Annual Tree Production Record Plan
    H. B. Griswold

  7. Tying, Propping and Pruning Avocado Trees
    B. H. Sharpless
EXPERIMENTS AND RESEARCH REPORTS
  1. The Nature of Sun-Blotch and its Practical Control
    W. T. Horne, E. R. Parker and M. B. Round

  2. Avocado Sun-Blotch in Florida
    H. E. Stevens

  3. Psyllid Galls on Avocado
    N. Stabler

  4. Avocado Trunk Cankers
    W. T. Home, L. J. Klotz and M. B. Rounds

  5. Biochemical Studies of the Fuerte Avocado Fruit
    David Appleman and Lafayette Noda

  6. The Relationship Between Ripening and Respiration of the Fuerte Avocado
    J. B. Biale

  7. The pH of Soils in Avocado Orchards
    A. R. C. Haas

  8. Avocados and Oak Root Fungus
    Kenneth M. Smoyer

  9. Soil Moisture Range and the Growth of Young Lemon and Avocado Plants
    A. R. C. Haas
GENERAL INDUSTRY ARTICLES
  1. Origin of the Name "Fuerte"
    Wilson Popenoe

  2. Digestion Trial with Avocado Meal
    A. H. Folger

  3. The Avocado—A Horticultural Problem
    Wilson Popenoe

  4. Avocado Publications of the Year

  5. Definition and Correct Pronunciation of Avocado
    Robt. W. Hodgson

  6. Need for Increased Membership
    Judge F. D. Halm

  7. Income Tax Deductions for Damaged Trees
    C. H. Young

  8. Advantages and Disadvantages of Handling Related Lines
    Geo. B. Hodgkin

  9. The Avocado Marketing Outlook
    C. V. Newman
THE SOCIETY
  1. Officers and Directors

  2. Past Presidents

  3. Awards of Honor

  4. Program of 26th Annual Meeting and Luncheon

  5. Annual Meeting of Members—Summarized Minutes

  6. Report of the 26th Annual Meeting

  7. List of Exhibits

  8. Annual Report of the President

  9. Resolutions

  10. By-Laws of California Avocado Society
INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES
  1. Program of Annual Avocado Institute and Field Day

  2. Annual Avocado Institute and Field Day
OTHER SUBTROPICAL FRUITS
  1. Do's and Don'ts in Mango Budding
    Horace M. Sherwood

  2. Orphan Subtropical Fruits
    J. Eliot Coit

  3. Hand Pollination Effects in the Cherimoya
    C. A. Schroeder

  4. Register Your Seedling Subtropicals
    Dean F. Palmer

  5. The American Date Industry
    Albert Grego
IN MEMORIAM
  1. Vincent F. Blanchard

  2. Charles D. Adams

  3. Mrs. Signa L. Duey

  4. Robert R. McLean

  5. MEMBERSHIP LIST
ILLUSTRATIONS
Frontispiece: John S. Armstrong
  1. In Appreciation

  2. Aztec Pictograph

  3. Field Day

  4. Sun-Blotch Affected Fruit and Twigs

  5. Psyllid Galls on Avocado
    N. Stabler

  6. Panorama of Fallbrook Avocado Land

  7. Parent Fuerte Avocado Tree

  8. Cherimoya Flowers
    C. A. Schroeder

  9. Pollination Kit
    C. A. Schroeder

  10. Transfer of Pollen to Cherimoya Flower
    C. A. Schroeder

  11. Cherimoya

  12. Frosted Avocado

  13. Vincent F. Blanchard

  14. Robert R. McLean

  15. Typical Date Grove
    Albert Grego

  16. ADVERTISEMENTS