California Avocado Society
1962 Yearbook
Volume 46

Table of Contents

4. Index of Advertisers
   
   
5. Foreword

SECTION I — CALIFORNIA AVOCADO SOCIETY

6. Officers, Directors, Past Presidents of Avocado Society
   
   
7. Awards of Honor
   
   
8. Report of the President
   
   
9. Minutes of Annual Meeting
   
   
10. Financial Report
    
    
11. Report of the Avocado Variety Committee
    
    
12. Report of the Foreign Exploration Committee
    
    
13. Report of the Research Station Committee
    
    
13. Report of the Membership Committee
    
    
13. Report of the Library Committee

SECTION II — MARKETING

15. California Avocado Advisory Board
    Ralph M. Pinkerton
    
    
17. California Avocado Marketing Order
    Walter R. Beck
    
    
21. The Avocado Advisory Board
    Hugh T. Walker
    
    
23. CADO—The Avocado Handlers Association
    T. E. Lynn Preston
    
    
27. The Role of the Independent Packer in the Avocado Industry
    Warren Henry
    
    
29. One Strong from Many Weak
    Jack Shepherd
    
    
33. Avocado Marketing Methods: The Commercial Association
    Frank Gilkerson

SECTION III —GENERAL ARTICLES

39. An Avocado Irrigation Program
    Albert W. Marsh and C. D. Gustafson
    
    
42. Pruning Avocado Trees
    C. D. McCarty, R. S. Platt, and L. N. Lewis
    
    
44. Progress Report on Fruit Picking Machine
    Roy J. Smith
    
    
46. Urbanization and Avocado Growing
    J. E. Pehrson, Jr.
    
    
49. An Avocado Field Day in Australia
    Stanley Shepard

SECTION IV —RESEARCH

55. A Possible Dwarfing Rootstock for Avocados
    B. O. Bergh and R. H. Whitsell
    
    
63. Santa Barbara County Avocado Root Rot Soil Survey
    G. E. Goodall, D. M. Hansen, and R. M. Burns
    
    
73. Soil Treatments with Iron Chelates to Cure Chlorotic Avocado Trees in Israel
    A. Kadman
    
    
76. The Avocado Brown Mite in Relation to its Natural Enemies
    J. A. McMurty and H. G. Johnson
    
    
83. Avocado Tree Growth Response to Irrigation
    S. J. Richards, J. E. Warneke, and F. T. Bingham
    
    
88. Field Trials for Resistance to Phytophthora Root Rot
    G. A. Zentmyer, W. A. Thorne, and R. M. Burns
    
    
94. Avocado Maturity Studies: A Discussion of Possible Applications of Various Physical Measurements to Non-destructive Testing
    Ross C. Bean
    
    
100. The Salinity Problem in Growing Avocados
     C. D. Gustafson
     
     
106. Control of Bermuda Grass in Avocado Orchards
     C. D. McCarty, B. E. Day, and L. S. Jordan

SECTION V — MEMBERSHIP

109. 1962 Membership, California Avocado Society