382 THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



All Avocado Growers Are Urged to Be Present 



THE FOURTH SEMIANNUAL MEETING AND EXHIBIT 



of the 



CALIFORNIA AVOCADO ASSOCIATION 



Is to be held in the Maryland Hotel, San Diego, California, 

 October 30 and 31, 1916. 



Exhibit of Fruits, Nursery Stock, Etc. 



Special emphasis is to be placed on the exhibit of fruits. In previous meetings 

 the exhibits of fruit have attracted great interest, and is one of the most valuable 

 features of the Association meetings. It is expected that the exhibit at this 

 meeting, which is to be placed in a special exhibit room, will be the largest and 

 best ever held. The Directors have decided that the exhibit shall be educational 

 only and non-competitive. All growers of avocados are urged to make a special 

 effort to install good exhibits of their fruits, as it is highly important in this 

 early stage of the industry to extend the knowledge of varieties and of the 

 possibilities of the industry. 



Exhibits of nursery stock, diseases, etc., will also be welcome additions. 

 Exhibits of nursery stock are limited to 6 trees from a single individual or 

 company. 



AH exhibits are expected to be in place by 6 p.m., October 30th, before the 

 evening reception. All correspondence and questions with reference to exhibits 

 should be addressed to Mr. T. U. Barber, 518 Van Nuys Building, Los Angeles, 

 California. 



Material forwarded for exhibition should be addressed to California Avocado 

 Association, Maryland Hotel, San Diego, California. 



Evening Reception, 



An evening reception open to all members of the Association and to invited 

 guests is to be held at the Maryland Hotel, October 30th, at 8 p.m. 



Regular Meeting. 



To convene at 9 a.m., October 31st, at the ]\Iaryland Hotel, San Diego, Cali- 

 lornia. 



The program at this session will include papers from well known men in Cali- 

 fornia and from various parts of the world where avocados are grown. 



The following are some of the papers that will be presented : 



The Avocado Industry and the Avocado Association. Presidential Address — 

 Dr. H. J. Webber, Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside, California. 



The Growing of Avocados in Hawaii — Prof. J. H. Higgins, Horticulturist Govern- 

 ment Experiment Station, Honolulu, Hawaii. 



Avocado Growing in Porto Rico — Tracy Bartholomew, Garrochales, Porto Rico. 

 The Production and Consumption of Avocados — Thomas H. Shedden, Monrovia, 

 California. 



The Avocado in Mexico — R. V. Price, Upland, California. 



Fruiting Habits of Budded Trees of the Different Avocado Varieties — T. U. 

 Barber, Los Angeles, California. 



Methods of Propagating the Avocado — F. O. PopEnoE, Altadena, California. 



Has the Mexican Type of Avocado a Permanent Place in the Industry? — E. S. 

 Thacher, Nordhoff, California. 



Methods of Avocado Growing in the Tropics Applicable to California — E. E. 

 Knight, Yorba Linda, California. 



Marketing From the Florida Viewpoint — Lloyd S. Tenny, Miami, Florida. 



