California Avocado Society
1972-1973 Yearbook
Volume 56

Table of Contents

4. Index to Advertisers
   
   
5. Dedication to Jack Shepherd

SECTION I — CALIFORNIA AVOCADO SOCIETY

6. Officers, Past Presidents
   
   
7. In Memoriam, Walter R. Beck
   
   
9. Editorial Committee and Membership Dues
   
   
10. Awards of Honor
    
    
11. Meet Sr. Salvador Sanchez Colin
    
    
12. G. Lewis Baldwin
    
    
13. George E. Goodall
    
    
14. Financial Report
    
    
16. Report of the President
    
    
19. Our Expanding Agriculture
    Herb Plambeck
    
    
28. Avocado Marketing Problem
    Kay Berger
    
    
31. Report of the Variety Committee

SECTION II — GENERAL

35. Some Troubles of Avocado Fruit
    R. G. Platt
    
    
39. How Do You Thin a Root Rot Replant Block?
    George E. Goodall and George A. Zentmyer
    
    
44. Registered Avocado Trees
    W. H. Brokaw
    
    
51. Fertilization of Avocado Trees
    C. D. Gustafson
    
    
55. 1972 Cost to Produce Avocados in San Diego County
    C. D. Gustafson and R. C. Rock
    
    
59. 1972 Cost to Develop an Avocado Orchard in San Diego County
    C. D. Gustafson and R. C. Rock
    
    
63. The Avocado Industry of Ventura County at a Glance
    B. W. Lee
    
    
66. How to Select an Avocado Orchard
    C. D. Gustafson
    
    
69. Avocados in Santa Cruz County
    R. H. Tyler
    
    
71. Lindcove Field Station Avocado Variety Trials
    James H. LaRue and Ray D. Copeland
    
    
75. The Lychee
    William B. Storey

SECTION III — RESEARCH

88. Avocado Root Rot Research Program
    G. A. Zentmyer and L. N. Lewis
    
    
94. Collecting Perseas in Central America and Mexico
    Eugenio Schieber and G. A. Zentmyer
    
    
103. Avocado Collecting in Guatemala
     E. L. V. Johnson
     
     
109. Drip Irrigation Experiments with Avocados in San Diego County
     C. D. Gustafson, A. W. March, R. L. Branson, Sterling Davis
     
     
114. Irrigation Schedules in an Avocado Plantation Using Trickle and Sprinkling Irrigation Systems
     B. Gornat and D. Goldberg
     
     
121. The Efficacy of Aerial Applications of Zinc to Avocado Trees
     B. W. Lee
     
     
125. Another Species of Phytophthora on Avocados in California
     G. A. Zentmyer, Laura Jefferson, and C. J. Hickman
     
     
130. Avocado Rootstock-Scion Relationships: A Long-Term, Large-Scale Field Research Project
     A. Ben Ya'acov
     
     
135. Bindweed Control Study in Avocado Orchard by Sprayblade Layering Technique
     H. L. Francis and A. H. Lange
     
     
138. Apical and Other Responses of Tissues of Avocado in Aseptic Culture
     C. A. Schroeder
     
     
143. Incidence of Avocado Root Rot in Relation to Exchangeable Soil Sodium in the Vicinity of Fallbrook
     George Borst
     
     
146. Avocado Bark Pitting Associated with the Latania Scale
     M. Bar-Joseph and U. Gerson