California Avocado Society
1956 Yearbook
Volume 40

Table of Contents

4. Index to Advertisers
   
   
5. Foreword

SECTION I

6. Officers of Avocado Society
   
   
8. Value of the Avocado Society
   Christie
   
   
11. Awards of Honor
    Dr. George A. Zentmyer
    Dr. Walter Ebeling
    
    
16. Awards of Merit
    Dr. J. Eliot Coit
    Marvin B. Rounds
    
    
18. Financial Report
    
    
20. President's Report - 1956
    
    
21. Report: of the Avocado Variety Committee
    
    
26. Avocado Varieties Registered 1955 to June, 1956
    
    
28. Varieties Delivered to Calavo Growers
    
    
31. Varieties Delivered to United Growers
    
    
33. Report of the Subtropical Fruit Varieties Committee
    
    
37. Report: of the Avocado Research Committee
    
    
38. Report of Research Station Committee
    
    
39. Report of the Nursery Stock Certification Committee
    
    
40. Report: of the .Membership Committee
    
    
42. Report of the Library Committee

SECTION II

43. Check List of Subtropical Fruits
    Coit
    
    
47. Progress Report: on Macadamia
    Wells W. Miller
    
    
49. Cherimoyas, Sapotes and Guavas in California
    Schroeder
    
    
57. The Lychee — With Remarks Concerning Its Status in California
    Storey
    
    
68. The Mango in California
    Bucklew

SECTION III

71. Methods of Topworking Avocado Trees
    Beck
    
    
77. New Look in Avocado Varieties and Orchards
    Beutel
    
    
81. Weed Control in Avocado Orchards
    Day & McCarty
    
    
86. Plans & Progress Report on South Coast Field Station
    Huberty
    
    
89. Avocado Propagation
    Johnston & Frolich
    
    
99. Appraising an Avocado Grove
    Trask
    
    
103. Avocado Prospects in New Areas of Riverside County
     Marvin Miller
     
     
107. Current Avocado Research on the Los Angeles Campus
     Hodgson
     
     
113. Listing and Description of Avocado Projects at University of California Citrus Experiment Station
     Boyce
     
     
120. The Florida Avocado Industry
     Reuther
     
     
124. Avocados in Florida
     Kendall
     
     
127. Avocado Prospects in Ventura County
     Delphey
     
     
132. Preliminary Investigation of "Residual Juvenility" in Avocado Seedling Stems
     Gillespie
     
     
135. Protection of Newly Planted Avocado Trees
     Rounds
     
     
139. Trends in Orchard Management and Development
     Eggers
     
     
143. Avocados in Thailand
     Wahlberg
     
     
146. In Memoriam - James Glenn France
     
     
148. Biochemical Reactions of Avocados in Relation to Standards of Maturity
     Bean
     
     
152. Avocados at the Retail Level
     Gulack

SECTION IV

156. Albinism and Abnormal Development of Avocado Seedlings
     Wallace & Drake
     
     
165. Growth of Avocado Fruit Tissue on Artificial Media
     Schroeder
     
     
169. Resistance of the Duke Variety of Avocado to Phytophthora Root Rot
     Zentmyer & Thorn
     
     
174. Flowering Types in the Avocado with Relation to Fruit Production
     Peterson

SECTION V

180. Check List of Avocado Varieties
     Avocado Variety Committee
     
     
199. 1955 Partial Bibliography on the Avocado
     Schroeder
     
     
208. By-Laws of the California Avocado Society
     
     
211. California Avocado Society Membership List
     
     
230. 10 Year Index of Yearbooks of California Avocado Society