California Avocado Society
1958 Yearbook
Volume 42

Table of Contents

  1. Index to Advertisers

  2. Foreword
SECTION I
  1. Officers of Avocado Society

  2. Awards of Honor

  3. 1958 Awards of Honor

  4. Financial Report

  5. Report of the President

  6. Report of the Annual Meeting, June 7, 1958

  7. Report of the Avocado Variety Committee

  8. Distribution of Varieties, Calavo Growers

  9. Report of the Subtropical Fruit Varieties Committee

  10. Report of the Research Committee

  11. Report of the Research Station Committee

  12. Report of the Foreign Exploration Committee

  13. Report of the Membership Committee

  14. Report of the Library Committee

  15. William T. Home Memorial Avocado Library

  16. J. Nicholas Thille
SECTION II
  1. Avocado Irrigation and Nitrogen Fertilization Plots at the Citrus Experiment Station
    S. J. Richards, P. W. Moore, F. T. Bingham, T. W. Embleton, and C. K. Labanauskas

  2. Orchard Irrigation
    Albert W. Marsh and C. D. Gustafson

  3. Irrigation of Heavy Soil in Relation to Root Rot
    Dwight C. Baier

  4. Bibliography of Articles in the Avocado Society Yearbooks on Irrigation of Avocados in California
    Elwood E. Trask
SECTION III
  1. Harvesting Avocados
    Dave Freistadt

  2. Chemical Soil Treatments for the Control of Root Rot of Avocado
    John D. Gilpatrick and George A. Zentmyer

  3. Report from Chile
    Roger A. Magdahl

  4. Is It Macadamia - or Else?
    John T. Middleton

  5. Variety Improvement Program
    Loren J. Mead

  6. San Diego County Avocado Industry
    C. D. Gustafson

  7. Good Nursery Practice
    Walter R. Beck

  8. Fuerte Fruit Set as Influenced by Cross-Pollination
    Bob Bergh and Don Gustafson

  9. Airwrap Rooting of Carob Cuttings
    Bt Danial Raz

  10. Avocado Materials and Observations in Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Peru
    C. A. Schroeder

  11. Subtropical Fruits in Southern California
    W. B. Storey

  12. Care of Avocado Grafts
    James A. Beutel

  13. Commercial Avocado Grafters
SECTION IV
  1. The Sun-Blotch Disease of Avocados
    J. M. Wallace

  2. Changes in Sugars in Growth and Storage of Avocados
    R. C. Bean

  3. The Effect of Orchard Dust on the Biological Control of Avocado Pests
    C. A. Fleschner

  4. Callus Tissue Growth on Avocado Stem Segments Cultured on Artificial Media
    Paul R. Desjardins

  5. Graft Compatibility in the Genus Persea
    E. F. Frolich, C. A. Schroeder, and G. A. Zentmyer

  6. Resistance of Species of Persea to Avocado Root Rot
    G. A. Zentmyer and C. A. Schroeder

  7. Hot Water Treatment of Avocado Seed
    G. A. Zentmyer, W. A. Thorn, A. O. Paulus, and R. M. Burns

  8. A Progress Report on Cooperative Avocado Nitrogen Fertilizer Experiments
    T. W. Embleton, W. W. Jones, J. A. Beutel, S. B. Boswell, C. C. Delphey, C. D. Gustafson, B. W. Lee, and R. G. Platt

  9. Growth and Development of the Avocado Fruit
    C. A. Schroeder
SECTION V
  1. Partial Bibliography on the Avocado
    C. A. Schroeder

  2. California Avocado Society Membership List-1958