California Avocado Society
1955 Yearbook
Volume 39

Table of Contents

  1. Index to Advertisers

  2. Foreword
SECTION I
  1. Officers of Avocado Society

  2. California Avocado Society

  3. Awards of Honor

  4. Financial Report

  5. President's Report — 1954
    Young

  6. President's Report — 1955
    Montgomery

  7. 1955 Annual Meeting

  8. Report of Avocado Variety Committee

  9. Registration of Avocado Varieties

  10. Distribution of Varieties

  11. Report of Foreign Exploration Committee

  12. Report of Subtropical Fruit Committee

  13. Report of Research Committee

  14. Report of Membership Committee

  15. Report of Library Committee

  16. Report of Research Station Committee
SECTION II
  1. Avocado Diseases

  2. The South Coast Field Station
    Huberty

  3. Avocado Fertilizer Experiments
    Embleton, Jones, Kirkpatrick

  4. Orchard Management
    Johnston

  5. Moisture Control in Relation to Aeration of Soil
    Rounds

  6. Handling Your Soil for Avocados
    Pehrson

  7. Diagnosis of Injury to Avocado Foliage
    Ebeling

  8. Nematodes and the Avocado
    Sher

  9. Further Evidence of Resistance to Phytophthora Root Rot of Avocado

  10. Early Account of the Avocados in America
    McPherson

  11. New Avocado Research Materials from Mexico
    Schroeder

  12. Avocado Irrigation and Nitrogen Fertilization Plots at the Citrus Experiment Station
    Richards

  13. Shaping Avocado Trees
    Montgomery

  14. Avocado Development in Ventura County

  15. The Mexican Fruit Fly — A Threat to California
    Steinweden

  16. Increased Production and Profits by Topworking
    Beutel

  17. Observation on Topworking Avocados
    Winslow and Enderud

  18. Propagation of Avocado Rootstocks
    Cameron

  19. Brace Grafting Avocado Trees
    Miller

  20. Getting Started in Avocados on the Limoneira
    Craig, ]r.

  21. Avocados in Riverside County
    Miller

  22. Flowering Behavior and Yields of Some Avocado Varieties at Riverside
    Winslow and Enderud

  23. Subtropical Fruits for California
    Storey

  24. The Macadamia Nut, a New Commercial Crop for California
    Miller

  25. Evaluation of Avocado Varieties and Rootstocks
    Storey

  26. Avocado Root Rot Disease in Santa Barbara County
    Goodall
SECTION III
  1. Natural Balance of Mite Pests in an Avocado Grove
    Fleschner, Hall & Richer

  2. Avocado Flower Pollination and Fruit Set
    Peterson

  3. Chromium Effects on Avocado Trees
    Brusca & Haas

  4. Susceptibility of Avocados to Demataphora Root Rot
    Raabe & Zentmyer

  5. Effect of Molybdenum on Avocado Trees
    Brusca & Haas

  6. Glasshouse Use
    Wallace

  7. Study of Pollen
    Schroeder

  8. Root Rot
    Bingham & Zentmyer

  9. Phosphorous Deficiencies
    Haas

  10. Tolerance of Avocado Fruits of Different Varieties to Fumigation with Ethylene Dibromide
    Lindgren & Sinclair
SECTION IV
  1. Bibliography

  2. Membership List