California Avocado Society
1974-1975 Yearbook
Volume 58

Table of Contents

4. Index to Advertisers

SECTION I — CALIFORNIA AVOCADO SOCIETY

5. Officers, Past Presidents
   
   
6. Awards of Honor
   
   
7. James E. Bacon
   
   
8. President's Report
   
   
9. Report of the Variety Committee
   
   
12. Membership Report
    
    
12. A Major Accomplishment
    
    
13. Minutes, Nurserymen's Section
    
    
15. Financial Report
    
    
17. In Memoriam, Carter Barrett

SECTION II — GENERAL

20. Maturity—Quality in San Joaquin Valley Avocados
    James H. LaRue and Ray D. Copeland
    
    
24. Cost to Develop an Avocado Orchard in San Diego County — 1974
    C. D. Gustafson and R. C. Rock
    
    
28. 1974 Costs to Produce Avocados in San Diego County
    C. D. Gustafson and R. C. Rock
    
    
33. Amelioration of Root Rot Hazards in Granitic Soils
    George Borst
    
    
36. Expansion in the California Avocado Industry
    Robert C. Rock
    
    
42. Effect of Soil Erosion on the Susceptibility of Avocados to Root Rot in the Fallbrook and Escondido Areas
    George Borst
    
    
45. Root Rot Resistance Field Plots
    F. B. Guillemet, G, A. Zentmyer, E. F. Frolich, L. Francis, G. Goodall, C. D. Gustafson, T. A. Hales, J. H. LaRue, B. W. Lee
    
    
49. Climatic Zones of Avocado Maturity in California
    R. G. Platt
    
    

54. Birthday Pains of a Co-op
    J. Eliot Coit
    
    

57. Forecasting Probable Avocado Volume Is a Valuable Marketing Tool
    Ralph Pinkerton
    
    
60. An Evaluation of Avocado Plantings in the Santa Rosa Hills of Riverside County
    H. Leonard Francis

SECTION III — RESEARCH

66. Response of Avocado Flower Buds and Floral Parts Cultured in Vitro
    C. A. Schroeder
    
    
74. A Study of the Viability of Avocado Pollen under Natural Conditions
    Minas K. Papademetriou
    
    
77. The Giant Looper "Boarmia (Ascotis) Selenaria" Schiff (Lepidoptera: Geometride), A New Pest in Avocado Plantations in Israel
    M. Wysoki, Y, Izhar, E. Swirski and S. Greenberg
    
    
83. Collecting Persea in the Republic of El Salvador
    E. Schieber and G. A. Zentmyer
    
    
89. Avocado Root Rot Research Program
    G. A. Zentmyer and L. L. Lewis
    
    
94. Exploring for Persea in Ecuador
    E. Schieber and G. A. Zentmyer
    
    
99. Pollen Tube Growth in Avocados (Persea Americana Mill)
    Minas K. Papademetriou
    
    
103. Avocado Research in Israel
     B. O. (Bob) Bergh
     
     
128. Self-Pollinated Fuerte Seedlings
     B. O. Bergh and R. H. Whitsell
     
     
136. Phytophthora Canker of Avocado Tree in Guatemala
     George A. Zentmyer, Eugenio Schieber, and William Popenoe