California Avocado Society
1963 Yearbook
Volume 47

Table of Contents

4. Index of Advertisers
   
   
5. Foreword

SECTION I — CALIFORNIA AVOCADO SOCIETY

6. Officers, Past Presidents of Avocado Society
   
   
7. Awards of Honor
   
   
8. Report of the President
   
   
9. Minutes of Annual Meeting
   
   
10. Financial Report
    
    
11. The Work of the California Avocado Society
    
    
13. Report of the Variety Committee
    
    
14. Report of the Subtropical Fruits Variety Committee
    
    
15. Report of the Foreign Exploration Committee
    
    
15. Report of the Membership Committee
    
    
16. Report of the Research Station Committee
    
    
17. Elwood E. Trask, In Appreciation
    
    
18. Dr. J. Elliot Coit, In Appreciation

SECTION II — GENERAL ARTICLES

19. Early History of the Avocado
    Wilson Popenoe
    
    
26. Avocado Advertising is a Profitable Investment
    Ralph M. Pinkerton
    
    
28. The Duke Avocado
    George A. Zentmyer, William A. Thorn, and Robert M. Burns
    
    
37. Dry Air a Factor in Sprinkling Avocados for Frost Protection
    Marvin Miller
    
    
41. The Invisible Asset Which Will Determine Future Profits
    Emerson Foote
    
    
48. Progress Report on the Introduction of a Thrips Parasite from the West Indies
    J. A. McMurtry and H. G. Johnson
    
    
53. Injertando En El Vivero De Agucates
    Carter Barreto
    
    
56. The Avocado Versus Deciduous Fruit Trees
    Warren C. Micke

SECTION III — RESEARCH

58. Germination Experiment With Avocado Seeds
    Amnon Kadman
    
    
61. Crown Gall—New Disease of Avocado
    G. A. Zentmyer, D. E. Munnecke, and C. D. Gustafson
    
    
65. Ventura County Avocado Soil and Root Rot Survey
    R. M. Burns, R. W. Kovet, C. C. Delphey, K. D. Gowans, and C. A. Zentmyer
    
    
73. Soil Fumigation for Avocado Replants
    C. D. Gustafson
    
    
81. Effect of Localized Maleic Hydrazide Sprays on Bacon and Zutano Avocado Trees
    R. M. Burns, C. D. McCarty, M. P. Miller, and H. Z. Hield
    
    
87. Some Interesting Early-Maturing Avocados
    W. B. Storey and B. O. Bergh
    
    
102. Cooling Avocado Trees by Sprinkling
     M. P. Miller, F. M. Terrell, and S. W. Austin
     
     
106. Temperature Changes in the Fuerte Avocado from Tree to Market
     C. D. Gustafson
     
     
109. Proliferation of Avocado Fruit in Vinyl Bags
     C. A. Schroeder

SECTION IV — MEMBERSHIP

112. 1963 Membership, California Avocado Society