CALIFORNIA AVOCADO ASSOCIATION 



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Section 3-b. Every active member in good standing, w^hen present in 

 person or by proxy, shall have a vote upon all matters coming before the Asso- 

 ciation in its meetings, is eligible to act as an officer of the Association, and shall, 

 subject to other rules and regulations, be allowed to market his fruit thru the 

 Association. Every associate member in good standing, w^hen present in person 

 or by proxy, shall have a vote upon all matters coming before the Association at 

 its meetings, and shall be given the benefit of all literature and information avail- 

 able to active members, but shall not be eligible to act as an officer in the Associ- 

 ation or be allowed to market any fruit thru the Association. 



Section 3-c. An associate member may become an active member at any 

 time by payment of the difference in mesnbership fee, the difference to be calcu- 

 lated from January 1 st of the year in which the change is made. 



After the above changes in the by-laws were adopted, it was moved by 

 Edwin G. Hart: 



That the Board of Directors of this Association are hereby requested to 

 immediately take the necessary steps to organize a co-operative marketing depart- 

 ment to be controlled by this Association. Carried. 



A resolution presented by F. O. Popenoe for the standardization by law 

 of the commercial varieties of the avocado, to check the sale of immature fruits, 

 was not approved. 



The Committee on Resolutions reported as follows: 



RESOLVED that the California Avocado Association, at its sixth annual 

 meeting this day assembled, does hereby acknowledge its indebtedness to each 

 and all of the speakers at this meeting who have given so freely of their time and 

 effort in compiling and furnishing to the Association and its members so much 

 valuable information concerning the avocado and its many virtues, as well as its 

 future possibilities; and it especially appreciates the good counsel and advice 

 received from the horticultural and agricultural press of the state through its 

 able representatives who addressed the members at the annual banquet; 



That it also expresses gratitude to the State and Federal Departments for 

 the valuable assistance which they have rendered in the development of the 

 avocado industry by means of the research work carried on by them in relation 

 to the avocado, and it especially mentions the splendid service performed in this 

 behalf by Professor Jaffa, of the State University, and Mr. E. M. Chace, of 

 the United States Department of Agriculture, in the investigation they have con- 

 ducted in their respective departments for the benefit of those interested in avocado 

 culture; and it also refers particularly to the work done by the Bureau of Plant 

 Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture in furthering the devel- 

 opment of new varieties of avocados by distributing budwood and new selections 

 of trees among the members of this Association and furnishing information relative 

 thereto ; 



That acknowledgment is hereby made of the many favors and courtesies 

 which the Hotel Maryland has so freely extended to this Association and its 

 members and guests on this occasion; 



That the Association expresses its appreciation of the faithful service ren- 

 dered by each and all of the officers of the Association in their conduct of the 

 business and affairs of the Association during the past year, and particularly 

 their efforts, so successfully performed, in preparing and arranging for this 



