California Avocado Society
1944 Yearbook
Volume 29

Table of Contents

REPORTS ON AVOCADO VARIETIES AND SEEDLINGS

12. Report of Committee on Varieties
    Carter Barrett
    
    
14. Charts of Variety Adaptations
    
    
19. Catalogue of Registered Avocado Seedlings
    
    
22. Distribution of Varieties as Delivered in 1944
    
    
23. Variety Trends

AVOCADO DECLINE PROBLEM

24. A Progress Report of Investigations
    Robert W. Hodgson
    
    
27. Rain and Drought in Avocado Decline
    Maurice Donnelly
    
    
31. Avocado Tree Decline: So What?
    James G. France
    
    
35. Avocado Decline in Central America
    Wilson Popenoe

EXPERIMENTS AND RESEARCH REPORTS

63. Toxicity of Boron for Avocado Seedlings
    A. R. C. Haas
    
    
35. Avocado Oil Studies
    Howard T. Love
    
    
37. Toxicity of Avocado Leaves
    D. Appleman
    
    
37. Effect of Wet and Cold Conditions on Avocado Seed-Bed Stock
    E. R. Eggers
    
    
39. The Avocado Inflorescence
    C. A. Schroeder
    
    
51. Multiple Embryos in the Avocado
    C. A. Schroeder

OTHER SUBTROPICAL FRUITS

17. Report of Subtropical Fruit Committee
    Dean F. Palmer
    
    
40. The Guava and Its Propagation
    H. J. Webber
    
    
44. The Cattley
    C. A. Schroeder and J. Eliot Coit
    
    
48. Commercial Tuna Cactus Production in California
    Ken Lowell and Wm. J. Metzger

GENERAL INDUSTRY ARTICLES

52. Avocados on the West Coast of Mexico
    John Webb
    
    
53. Cellophane Wrapped Avocados
    H. B. Griswold
    
    
56. Avocado Tree of Mexican Race
    Wm. T. Horne
    
    
57. Tree Replacement and Top-Working
    Jean C. Miller
    
    
62. The Avocado Situation and Agricultural Cooperation
    Geo. B. Hodgkin

THE SOCIETY

6. Officers and Directors
   
   
7. Past Presidents
   
   
8. Awards of Honor
   
   
9. Program of 29th Annual Meeting at Oceanside
   
   
10. Program of Annual Avocado Institute at La Habra
    
    
69. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of Members
    
    
73. Awarding of Honors at Annual Meeting
    
    
75. Election of Officers

ILLUSTRATIONS

Frontispiece: Arthur W. Christie

11. In Appreciation
    
    
60. WilliamTitus Home
    
    
61. In Memoriam
    
    
23. Fuerte Avocado in Fruit at Mercedes, Texas
    
    
32. Avocado Seed-Bed Stock
    
    
39. Avocado Inflorescence
    
    
45. Cattley Inflorescence
    
    
47. Cattley Grove, Packed Crate of Cattleys
    
    
48. Commercial Tuna Cactus Farm
    
    
49. Tuna Cactus Picking
    
    
50. Tuna Cactus Peeling
    
    
51. Tuna Cactus Packing
    
    
53. Cellophane Wrapped Avocados
    
    
56. Avocado Tree of Mexican Race
    
    
58. Avocado Grafting Methods
    
    
66. Boron Toxicity