CALIFORNIA AVOCADO ASSOCIATION 



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THE SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE 

 CALIFORNIA AVOCADO ASSOCIATION 

 held at 



Hotel Maryland, Pasadena, May 6 and 7, 1 92 1 



Wm. H. Sallmon President 



W. L. Hardin .... Vice-President 

 J. M. Elliott ..... Treasurer 

 R. Agnes McNally .... Secretary 



The sixth annual meeting was opened by an experience meeting, presided 

 over by President Wm. H. Sallmon. After introductory remarks by the presi- 

 dent, Mr. Fowler of the State Exposition in Los Angeles explained something 

 of the work being done and the opportunities for publicity through the medium of 

 the Exposition, through which 250,000 people pass in a year. Wonderfully 

 lifelike samples of wax duplicates of avocados were exhibited, and Mr. Fowler 

 said that if growers would provide the fruits a large number of fruits could be 

 copied and exhibited at the Exposition under the name of the California Avocado 

 Association. A committee was appointed to select fruits suitable for this work. 



Following the Experience Meeting the exhibit of fruits was opened. 

 Eighty-five different varieties of avocados were shown, from 4 1 orchards. Among 

 the most interesting was the display of Wm. A. Spinks of Duarte, showing 1 2 of 

 the new Guatemalan fruits brought in by the Department of Agriculture through 

 Wilson Popenoe, seven other named varieties and six new seedlings. W. P. 

 Sherlock showed a display of forty different varieties collected from various 

 growers. A complete list of exhibits is on file in the secretary's office. 



The Annual Banquet on Friday evening was much enjoyed by 274 people. 

 Undoubtedly had the weather been more favorable many more would have been 

 present. President Sallmon acted as toastmaster. After a toast to the President 

 of the United States, the speakers of the evening were introduced: N. L. 

 Chapin, of The California Farmer spoke on "The Spirit of Co-operation in the 

 Avocado Association;" J. C. Knollin of Orchard and Farm on "Advertising 

 and Publicity in their Relation to the Avocado Industry;" E. A. Street of 

 California Citrograph, on "The Function of the Horticultural Press;" C. B. 

 Messenger of California Cultivator on "The Relation of the Horticultural Press 

 to the Avocado Industry." W. S. Killingsworth of the Pacific Rural Press 

 and Harold M. Finley of the Farm and Tractor were unable to be present. Mr. 

 L. B. Scott responded to a request for a speech with some very entertaining stories. 



On Saturday morning the following papers were read: 



SATURDAY— 9:30 A. M. 



Further Experiments on Maturity Work on Avocados, E. M. 

 Chace, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Los Angeles. 



Discussion of Analyses of Avocados from the Standpoint of 

 Nutrition, Prof. M. E. Jaffa, University of California, Berkeley. 



Effect of Girdling Trees on the Fruiting of Avocados, Dr. 

 J. Eliot Coit, Los Angeles. 



Proper Method of Marketing California Avocados, L. W. 

 Albright, Los Angeles. 



