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The University and the Avocado Association, Prof. F. L. 

 Griffin, Berkeley. 



Thirty Years' Observation of Tropical Fruits, Ernest Braunton, 

 Los Angeles. 



Seven Truths About Avocados, D. W. Coolidge, Pasadena. 

 Avocados as a Commercial Industry, Robt. W. Hodgson, Los 

 Angeles. 



Twenty-one new members joined the Association during the day. The 

 prize of five avocado trees given by Mr. A. R. Rideout for the greatest number 

 of new membership applications brought in by one person, went to Mr. F. O. 

 Popenoe. 



At the close of the program, President Sallmon expressed the thanks of 

 the Association to all who had contributed to the success of the occasion, and 

 invited all those present, with their friends, to attend the annual meeting in May. 



R. Agnes McNally, 



Secretary. 



EXHIBITS AT MEETING OF OCTOBER 9, 1920 



Wm. Boyes, Lomita — Feijoa sellowiana. 



L. D. Cady, Los Angeles — ^A new thick skin seedling. 



F. L. Closser, Montebello — ^A new two pound, purple fruit, Montebello. 



D. W. Coolidge, Pasadena — 35 rare fruits from 20 different countries. 



J. M. Danziger, Beverly Hills — Two thin skin avocados and a plate of 

 Myrciaria edulis. 



J. M. Elliott, Los Angeles — Champion avocado. 

 Manuel Garcia, Duarte — two each, Ganter, Garcia, Murrieta. 

 Chas. H. Hamburg, Whittier — Ganter, Lyon, Walker and a new thick 

 skin seedling, the Hamburg. 



J. E. Hoff, Hollywood — Two new seedlings, one a Guatamalan, the other 

 a hybrid. 



Mrs. C. F. Hooper, Hollywood — Mangoes and Hawaiiein Papaya. 



E. E. Knight, Yorba Linda — Linda, Kist, Knight fruits. 

 Mather Nursery, Pasadena — Fuerte, Lyon and Sharpless trees. 



W. A. Miller, Hollywood — Miller fruit, and a new hybrid seedling, the 

 Dorothea, a seedling from the old Miller tree. 



F. O. Popenoe, Altadena — Fuerte fruits and date branches from the 

 Coachella Valley. 



A. R. Rideout, Whittier — Lyon trees with fruit, and five trees which were 

 given as a prize for new memberships. 



Wm. H. Sallmon, Chula Vista — Puebla and Perfecto avocados, and 

 Feijoa sellowiana. 



B. H. Sharpless, Tustin — 80 Sharpless fruits, 20 of which hung on one 

 branch. These fruits averaged 22 ounces. 



Thos H. Shedden, Monrovia — 38 varieties of avocados. 



