California Avocado Society
1956 Yearbook
Volume 40

Table of Contents

  1. Index to Advertisers

  2. Foreword
SECTION I
  1. Officers of Avocado Society

  2. Value of the Avocado Society
    Christie

  3. Awards of Honor
    Dr. George A. Zentmyer
    Dr. Walter Ebeling

  4. Awards of Merit
    Dr. J. Eliot Coit
    Marvin B. Rounds

  5. Financial Report

  6. President's Report - 1956

  7. Report: of the Avocado Variety Committee

  8. Avocado Varieties Registered 1955 to June, 1956

  9. Varieties Delivered to Calavo Growers

  10. Varieties Delivered to United Growers

  11. Report of the Subtropical Fruit Varieties Committee

  12. Report: of the Avocado Research Committee

  13. Report of Research Station Committee

  14. Report of the Nursery Stock Certification Committee

  15. Report: of the .Membership Committee

  16. Report of the Library Committee
SECTION II
  1. Check List of Subtropical Fruits
    Coit

  2. Progress Report: on Macadamia
    Wells W. Miller

  3. Cherimoyas, Sapotes and Guavas in California
    Schroeder

  4. The Lychee — With Remarks Concerning Its Status in California
    Storey

  5. The Mango in California
    Bucklew
SECTION III
  1. Methods of Topworking Avocado Trees
    Beck

  2. New Look in Avocado Varieties and Orchards
    Beutel

  3. Weed Control in Avocado Orchards
    Day & McCarty

  4. Plans & Progress Report on South Coast Field Station
    Huberty

  5. Avocado Propagation
    Johnston & Frolich

  6. Appraising an Avocado Grove
    Trask

  7. Avocado Prospects in New Areas of Riverside County
    Marvin Miller

  8. Current Avocado Research on the Los Angeles Campus
    Hodgson

  9. Listing and Description of Avocado Projects at University of California Citrus Experiment Station
    Boyce

  10. The Florida Avocado Industry
    Reuther

  11. Avocados in Florida
    Kendall

  12. Avocado Prospects in Ventura County
    Delphey

  13. Preliminary Investigation of "Residual Juvenility" in Avocado Seedling Stems
    Gillespie

  14. Protection of Newly Planted Avocado Trees
    Rounds

  15. Trends in Orchard Management and Development
    Eggers

  16. Avocados in Thailand
    Wahlberg

  17. In Memoriam - James Glenn France

  18. Biochemical Reactions of Avocados in Relation to Standards of Maturity
    Bean

  19. Avocados at the Retail Level
    Gulack
SECTION IV
  1. Albinism and Abnormal Development of Avocado Seedlings
    Wallace & Drake

  2. Growth of Avocado Fruit Tissue on Artificial Media
    Schroeder

  3. Resistance of the Duke Variety of Avocado to Phytophthora Root Rot
    Zentmyer & Thorn

  4. Flowering Types in the Avocado with Relation to Fruit Production
    Peterson
SECTION V
  1. Check List of Avocado Varieties
    Avocado Variety Committee

  2. 1955 Partial Bibliography on the Avocado
    Schroeder

  3. By-Laws of the California Avocado Society

  4. California Avocado Society Membership List

  5. 10 Year Index of Yearbooks of California Avocado Society