CALIFORNIA AVOCADO ASSOCIATION 



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Resources — 



Cash in bank $ 808.14 



1918 Dues unpaid 125.00 



1919 Dues unpaid 445.00 



Total $1,378.14 



Bills payable 41.53 



Balance $1,336.61 



Moved by Hardin, seconded by Keller that a committee be appointed 

 to audit the books, and report to the Association. Carried. Mr. Barber 

 was appointed. 



The Secretary reported on membership, showing a total paid up mem- 

 bership to January 1 st, 1919, 191, and additional paid up to January 1 st, 

 1918, 25, making a total of 216. 



This Report was discussed by President Sallmon and Messrs Les- 

 perance, Whedon and Hardin. 



Regrets that Dr. Webber was unable to attend the meeting were 

 expressed by the Association. Motion made and carried that the Secretary 

 send a letter of sympathy to Dr. Webber. 



Report of the Committee on Varieties by Mr. Adams. 



Report discussed by Popenoe, Lesp^rance, Whedon, Spinks, Adams 

 and Barber. 



Moved by Popenoe, seconded by Lesperance that the recommenda- 

 tion of the Committee on Varieties to award gold medals be taken out of 

 the Report. Motion carried. 



Moved by Whedon, seconded by Lesperance, that the Committee on 

 Varieties be given further time until the Fall Meeting to complete the 

 Report. Carried. 



Suggested by Mr. Spinks that the Report include also the thin-skinned 

 varieties which can be grown in places too cold for the other varieties. 

 Election of Three Directors 



Messrs. Spinks and Barber were appointed Tellers. 

 The members voted on the following nominees: Messrs. Yaggy, Math- 

 er, Sharpless, Hardin, Shedden and Mrs. Stewart. The Tellers reported 

 that Messrs. Hardin and Yaggy and Mrs. Stewart were elected. 



The President appointed Messrs. Popenoe, Shedden and Yaggy as 

 Committee on Resolutions. 



Moved and carried that more avocado stickers "Eat Avocados" be 

 printed. 



There being no further business, the meeting was adojurned. 

 Friday Afternoon 



The following program was presented: 

 The California Avocado Association — Its History and Progress 

 The Commercial Possibilities of Avocado Growing in Southern California 

 Dr. J. Eliot Coit, County Farm Advisor, Los Angeles 

 Summary of Reports on Damage from Frost During the Last Winter 

 Chas. D. Adams, Upland 



