TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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Foreword 9 



List of Members 11 



Third Annual Meeting 



Minutes of the Third Annual Meeting 17 



Opening Address by President Thos. H. Shedden 24 



How Far Can We Go With the Avocado as a Food? Will People 



Eat It, and To What Extent? by Lester Keller 26 



When is an Avocado Ripe? How to Tell a Ripe Fruit, by Mrs. 



B. H. Sharpless 30 



Why Are the Guatemalan Avocados Best? by E. E. Knight 31 



Care of the Avocado Tree for One Year After Leaving the Nursery, 



by Wm. Hertrich 34 



This Association, by Thos. H. Shedden 36 



Charles Silent, an Appreciation, by F. O. Popenoe 38 



Resolutions on the Death of Charles Silent 39 



Fourth Annual Meeting 



Minutes of Fourth Annual Meeting 40 



The California Avocado Association: It's History and Progress. 



President's Address, by Wm. H. Sallmon 44 



Summary of Reports on Damage from Frost During the Past Winter, 



by Chas. D. Adams 50 



Six Years' Experience with Budded Avocados, by J. T. Whedon ... 51 



Report on the Exhibit at the California Liberty Fair, by Lester Keller 53 



Hillside Planting of Avocados, by J. M. Elliott 54 



Observation on Frost Injury to Avocados, by C. F. Kinman 56 



The Avocados of Mexico: A Preliminary Report, by Wilson Popenoe 58 



What About the Market? by Geo. S. McClure 75 



Proper Maturing of Avocados, by Prof. I. J. Condit 78 



Early Introduction of the Avocado Into California, by Juan Murrieta . 83 



Discussion of Mr. Murrieta's Paper, by C. P. Taft 84 



The Avocado in Santo Domingo, by Sr. Jose Ramon Lopez 85 



Notes by J. H. Pendleton 86 



Classification and Registration of Varieties 87 



