California Avocado Society
1968 Yearbook
Volume 52

Table of Contents

  1. Index to Advertisers

  2. Editorial Committee and Membership Dues
SECTION I — CALIFORNIA AVOCADO SOCIETY
  1. Officers, Past Presidents

  2. Awards of Honor

  3. In Appreciation

  4. Financial Report

  5. Report of the President

  6. Report of Fruit Quality Improvement Committee

  7. Report of the Library Committee

  8. Report of the Variety Committee

  9. Report of the Avocado Research Committee of the California Avocado Society

  10. California Avocado Nurserymen's Group Becomes a Reality
SECTION II — GENERAL
  1. Prehistoric Avocados in California
    C. A. Schroeder

  2. The Importance of the Fuerte Variety
    J. Eliot Coit

  3. Central California Tries for the Fall Market
    James H. LaRue

  4. San Bernardino County Avocado Industry
    Robert L. Rackham

  5. Some Heretical Thoughts Concerning the Ideal Commercial Avocado
    B. O. Bergh

  6. The Handlers' Contribution
    David Freistadt

  7. Some History of Earlier Automated Irrigation
    G. L. Wolflin

  8. Present and Future Outlook for Avocado Nurserymen in California
    Oliver Atkins

  9. Economic Trends in the California Avocado Industry
    Robert C. Rock and Robert G. Platt

  10. Cost to Establish an Avocado Orchard in Ventura County
    B. W. Lee

  11. Costs to Produce Avocados in Ventura County
    B. W. Lee

  12. Cost to Develop an Avocado Orchard in San Diego County
    C. D. Gustafson and R. C. Rock

  13. 1968 Costs to Produce Avocados in San Diego County
    C. D. Gustafson and R. C. Rock
SECTION III — RESEARCH
  1. End Spotting and Corking of Avocado Fruits
    W. B. Storey and B. O. Bergh

  2. Seasonal Changes of Avocado Lipids During Fruit Development and Storage
    Yoshio Kikuta and Louis C. Erickson

  3. Testing Duke Avocado Seed Source Trees for Sunblotch
    R. M. Burns, R. J. Drake, J. M. Wallace, and G. A. Zentmyer

  4. On the Mechanism of Chloride Toxicity
    L. B. Fenn, F. T. Bingham, and J. J. Oertli

  5. Recent Advances in Perennial Grass Control in Avocado Orchards
    L. S. Jordan, B. E. Day, and R. C. Russell

  6. Iron Chlorosis in Relation to Irrigation Practices
    E. F. Wallihan, G. E. Goodall, and T. W. Embleton

  7. Saponins in Relation to the Control of Avocado Root Rot with Alfalfa Meal
    G. A. Zentmyer and C. R. Thompson

  8. The Longevity of Avocado Tissue in Vitro
    C. A. Schroeder

  9. Nitrogen Fertilization of the Hass Avocado
    T. W. Embleton. W. W. Jones. M. J. Garber, and S. B. Boswell

  10. Identifying Manganese Deficiency in Avocado Trees
    E. F. Wallihan and M. P. Miller
SECTION IV — INTERNATIONAL
  1. Avocados in St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands
    R. M. Bond and A. L. Frederiksen

  2. Selection of Avocado Rootstock Suitable for Use with Saline Irrigation Water
    A. Kadman

  3. The Avocado in Trinidad and Tobago
    William B. Storey

  4. Avocado Culture in Venezuela
    Ing. Agri. Diego Serpa

  5. The Aguacate in Mexico
    Lic. Takashi Turu

  6. Summary of Our Trip to Mexico
    C. D. Gustafson

  7. Letter Regarding Avocado Culture in Paraguay
    Desiderio M. Segovia
SECTION V — INDEX OF CALIFORNIA SOCIETY YEARBOOKS, 1957 — 1967
  1. Title Index

  2. Author Index
SECTION VI — MEMBERSHIP
  1. California Avocado Society Membership 1968