Table of Contents 



List of Illustrations 5 



Foreword 8 



By-laws 10 



List of Members 12 



SECOND SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING 15 



Minutes of the Second Semi-Annual Meeting 15 



Treasurer's Report 16 



Avocado By-Products, by W. V. Cruess and S. K. Mitra 16 



Market Value of the Avocado, by C. P. Taft 19 



The Mineral Elements of the Avocado, by Prof. M. E. Jaffa 23 



From Seedtime to Harvest, by T. U. Barber 27 



Marketing Obstacles and Problems, by Dana C. King 32 



Report of the Committee on the Classification and Registration of 



Varieties 37 



Report of the Committee Judging Exhibits 40 



The Classification and Registration of Varieties, by Dr. H. J. Webber. . 42 



General Discussion, led by Dr. J. Eliot Coit 44 



THIRD SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING 51 



Minutes of the Third Semi-Annual Meeting 51 



The Exhibit of Fruits and Nursery Stock 53 



The Avocado Industry and the Avocado Association — Presidential Ad- 

 dress, by Dr. H. J. Webber 55 



The Hotel and the Avocado, by Thos. H. Shedden 67 



The Avocado in Mexico, by R. 0. Price 71 



Has the Mexican Type of Avocado a Permanent Place in the Industry, 



by E. S. Thacher 73 



Experiences with Avocado Varieties, by Chas. D. Adams 76 



Necessity of Co-operation, by Chas. D. Adams 78 



Avocado Performance Records, by L. B. Scott 80 



Further Investigations of the Composition and Food Value of the Avo- 

 cado, by Prof. M. E. Jaffa 86 



The Digestibility of the Fat of the Avocado, by H. A. Mattill 93 



