California Avocado Society
1970-1971 Yearbook
Volume 54

Table of Contents

4. Index to Advertisers
   
   
5. Foreword, Editorial Committee and Membership Dues
   
   
6. In Memoriam: Carl B. Schmidt

SECTION I — CALIFORNIA AVOCADO SOCIETY

8. Officers, Past Presidents
   
   
9. Awards of Honor
   
   
10. Award of Honor, Robert G. Platt
    
    
11. Financial Report
    
    
12. Report of the President

SECTION II — GENERAL

14. Drip. Drip, Drip
    Albert W. Marsh
    
    
17. Drip Irrigation
    C. D. Gustafson
    
    
21. Evaluation of an Avocado Orchard Thinning Program
    H. Leonard Francis
    
    
24. 1970 Cost to Develop an Avocado Orchard in San Diego County
    C. D. Gustafson and R. C. Rock
    
    
28. 1970 Cost to Produce Avocados in San Diego County
    C. D. Gustafson and R. C. Rock
    
    
33. Useful Life of Avocado Trees in Commercial Orchards in California
    G. E. Goodall, T. M. Little, R. C. Rock. R. G. Platt, and A. D. Reed
    
    
37. Notes on Avocado Tree Depreciation
    G. E. Goodall
    
    
39. The Avocado Industry in San Diego County
    C. D. Gustafson
    
    
42. The San Joaquin Avocado Variety Dilemma
    James H. LaRue
    
    
47. The Fuerte Avocado in Yorba Linda
    George Kellogg

SECTION III — RESEARCH

49. Soil Fumigants for Control of Phytophthora Root Rot
    G. A. Zentmyer and E. L. V. Johnson
    
    
56. The Avocado Drip Irrigation Experiment
    C. D. Gustafson, A. W. Marsh. Roy L. Branson, and Sterling Davis
    
    
62. Over-Maturity in Hass Avocados
    L. C. Erickson. I. L. Eaks, and G. G. Porter
    
    
66. A Progress Report on the Shake Harvest of Avocados
    B. W. Lee and P. F. Burkner
    
    
75. The Effects of Sodium on Mature Avocado Trees
    F. T. Bingham and C. O. Nelson
    
    
79. Research on Avocado Processing at the University of California. Davis
    Lloyd M. Smith and Frank H. Winter
    
    
85. The Response of Avocado Pericarp Tissue to Temperature and Light in Vitro
    C. A. Schroeder

SECTION IV — INTERNATIONAL

90. Girdling, a Means to Increase Avocado Fruit Production
    R. J. Ticho
    
    
96. The Use of Potassium Salt of Indole Butyric Acid (KIBA) in Rooting Avocado Cuttings
    A. Kadman and C. D. Gustafson
    
    
100. The Role of the Seed Coat in Avocado Fruit Development (Growth and Maturation)
     A. Blumenfeld and S. Gazit
     
     
105. Tissue Cultures of Callus Derived from Avocado Fruit
     S. Gazit and A. Blumenfeld
     
     
110. Avocado Culture in Australia and New Zealand
     Stanley Shepard

SECTION V — SUBTROPICAL FRUITS (CHERIMOYA)

116. The Subtropical Fruit Committee Report
     Walter Beck
     
     
117. Fruits of the Annonas
     C. A. Schroeder
     
     
119. Pollination of Cherimoya
     C. A. Schroeder
     
     
123. My Experience with the Cherimoya
     Walter R. Beck
     
     
125. Cherimoya Growing in Chile
     Max A. Schmidt
     
     
129. The Cherimoya in South Africa
     C. A. Schroeder
     
     
133. The Cherimoya (A Bit of Background and Something about Spain)
     Wilson Popenoe