California Avocado Society
1960 Yearbook
Volume 44

Table of Contents

  1. Index of Advertisers

  2. Foreword
Section 1 — California Avocado Society
  1. Officers, Directors, Past Presidents of Avocado Society

  2. Awards of Honor

  3. 1960 Awards of Honor

  4. Report of the President

  5. Minutes of Annual Meeting

  6. California Avocado Society
    Wells W. Miller

  7. Financial Report

  8. Report of the Research Committee

  9. Report of the Membership Committee

  10. Report of the Foreign Exploration Committee

  11. Report of the Subtropical Fruit Varieties Committee

  12. Report of the Research Station Committee

  13. Report of the Library Committee

  14. W. L. Hardin — In Memoriam

  15. R. T. Snow — In Memoriam
Section II — Variety Improvement
  1. Report of the Avocado Variety Committee

  2. More Avocados Have New Tops
    R. G. Platt

  3. Distribution of Varieties to Calavo Growers
Section III — General Articles
  1. "Why Farmers Should Cooperate"
    Allen F. Mather

  2. Protecting Newly Grafted Avocado Stumps and Scions from Sunburn
    Elwood E. Trask

  3. "What Are Your Production Costs?"
    Don Gustafson

  4. Macadamia Exploration in Australia
    Col. Wells W. Miller

  5. Some Factors Affecting the Accumulation of Chlorides in Avocado Soils
    Elwood E. Trask

  6. Propagation of Avocado Nursery Trees
    E. R. Eggers

  7. Avocado Pruning to Regulate Crop Production
    Marvin Miller

  8. The Most Important 5c Purchase You Can Make
    J. E. Pehrson

  9. Cherimoya Culture in Spain
    Luis Sarasola

  10. Hybrid Avocado Trees Being Tested in Ventura County
    Calvin C. Delphey

  11. Avocado Harvesting Efficiency
    Walter R. Beck

  12. Carob Investigations; Report of Progress
    Eliot Coit

  13. The Avocado in Australia
    W. B. Storey

  14. Irrigation of Avocados
    S. J. Richards, J. E. Warneke and L. V. Weeks
Section IV — Research
  1. Changes in Electrical Characteristics of Avocados During Ripening
    Ross C. Bean, John P. Rasor and Gerald G. Porter

  2. Influence of Avocados on Serum Cholesterol
    Wilson C. Grant

  3. Some Factors Influencing Grafting Success with Avocados
    J. Rodrigues, G. F. Ryan and E. F. Frolich

  4. Nitrogen Fertilization of the MacArthur Avocado
    T. W. Embleton, W. W. Jones, C. K. Labanauskas, C. B. Cree, M. L. Steinacker, S. B. Boswell, C. C. Delphey, B. W. Lee and R. G. Platt

  5. Effects of Nitrogen and Irrigation Treatments of the Micronutrient Concentration in Hass Avocado Leaves
    C. K. Labanauskas, T. W. Embleton, S. J. Richards and T. F. Handy

  6. Magnesium Deficiency of the Hass Avocado Tree
    Frank T. Bingham

  7. Results with New Method of Testing for Resistance to Phytophthora Root Rot of Avocado
    George A. Zentmyer and S. M. Mircetich

  8. Correlation of Soil Series and Avocado Root Rot Damage in the Fallbrook Area
    R. M. Burns, J. H. Miner, C. D. Gustafson, G. A. Zentmyer and W. A. Thorn

  9. Production and Colonization of Imported Enemies of Avocado Mite Pests
    C. A. Fleschner and Glenn Scriven

  10. Rhizoctonia Seed and Root Rot of Avocado
    Srecko M. Mircetich and George A. Zentmyer

  11. Progress Report on the Avocado Breeding Program at U.C.L.A.
    C. A. Schroeder

  12. Soil Stratification and Phytophthora Root Rot Occurrence in Avocado Orchards
    G. E. Goodall, A. W. Marsh, G. A. Zentmyer and S. J. Richards

  13. Fruit Growth in the Oriental Persimmon
    C. A. Schroeder
Section V — Bibliography and Membership
  1. 1960 Partial Bibliography on the Avocado
    C. A. Schroeder

  2. 1960 Membership California Avocado Society