California Avocado Society
1952 Yearbook
Volume 37

Table of Contents

  1. Index to Advertisers

  2. Foreword
SECTION I
  1. Officers and Directors

  2. Awards of Honor

  3. Financial Report

  4. Annual Report of the President
    Trask

  5. Report of the Avocado Variety Committee

  6. Avocado Patents

  7. Avocado Varieties Registered in 1952

  8. Variety Receipts—Calavo Growers of California

  9. Variety Receipts—United Avocado Growers

  10. Report of the Committee on Foreign Exploration

  11. Avocado Exploration in Mexico
    Schroeder

  12. Expedition to Mexico
    Miller

  13. Report of the Subtropical Fruit Varieties Committee

  14. The Carob in California
    Coit

  15. Report of the Macadamia Nut Variety Contest Committee

  16. Report of the Avocado Research Committee

  17. Report of the Research Station Committee

  18. Report of the Library Committee
SECTION II
  1. Experiences in Developing an Avocado Grove
    Beck

  2. Grove Management and Practices
    Newman

  3. Judgement and Avocado Tree Nutrition
    Coony

  4. The Fine Art of Fertilizing Avocados
    Moore

  5. Soil Organisms—Fact and Fiction
    Martin & Ervin

  6. Why Cultivate an Orchard?
    Schoonover

  7. Asexual Reproduction of Rootstock from Heavy-Producing Fuerte Avocado Trees
    Gillespie

  8. Spread of Avocado Root Rot Fungus in Nursery Stock
    Zentmyer

  9. Research on Avocado Root Rot
    Zentmyer

  10. Collecting Avocados in Central America for Disease Resistance Tests
    Zentmyer

  11. Pests of the Avocado
    Ebeling & Pence

  12. What We Have Learned from the 23-Year Avocado Cost Study in Orange County
    Wahlberg

  13. A Retailer's View of the Avocado Industry
    Bolstad

  14. Through the Looking Glass
    Shepherd

  15. Avocados in Brazil
    Winslow

  16. Mostly About Spain
    Popenoe
SECTION III
  1. An Approach to the Evaluation of Avocado Rootstock Variability
    Halma & Frolich

  2. Sodium Effects on Avocado Rootstocks
    Haas

  3. Sun-blotch in Avocado Seedlings
    Haas

  4. Relative Susceptibility of Avocado Rootstocks to Chlorosis
    Halma and Goodall

  5. Lime-induced Chlorosis in Avocado and a Possible Method of Control
    North and Wallace

  6. Importance of Inorganic Elements in the Growth of Avocado Trees
    Haas

  7. Hosts of Phytophthora cinnamoni Rands, the Casual Organism of Avocado Root Rot
    Thorn and Zentmyer

  8. Nutrient Composition and Seasonal Losses of Avocado Trees
    Cameron, Mueller & Wallace

  9. Sexual Reproduction in the Avocado
    Bringhurst
SECTION IV
  1. Sun-blotch Disease of Avocados
    Whitsell
SECTION V
  1. Roster of Members