SECOND SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CALIFORNIA AVOCADO 

 ASSOCIATION HELD AT BLANCHARD HALL, 

 LOS ANGELES, APRIL 29, 1916 



E. G. Hart, President 



Wm. A. Spinks, First Vice-president 



Charles Silent, Second Vice-president 



D. W. Coolidge, Secretary 

 C .P. Taft, Treasurer 



MINUTES OF THE SECOND SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING 



The convention was called to order at 10 a. m. by President Edwin G. 

 Hart, who presided during the meeting. 



The following papers were presented during the forenoon session: 



"By-Products of the Avocado", by Professor Wm. Cruess, University 

 of California. 



"Market Value of Fruit", by C. P. Taft. 



"Chemical Constituents of the Avocado", by Professor M. E. Jaffa, 

 University of California. 



"Marketing Obstacles and Problems," by Dana C. King, Sales Agent, 

 California Fruit Growers' Exchange. 



At the close of the forenoon session, Mr. D. W. Coolidge made an ap- 

 peal for membership. 



The afternoon session convened at 1:30 p. m., the first portion of 

 the meeting being devoted to a business session. C. D. Adams, 

 T. U. Barber, F. 0. Popenoe, Judge Silent, and C. E. Utt were named as 

 a committee to nominate the directors of the Association for the ensuing 

 year. The treasurer's report, printed herewith, was read and approved. 

 After a general discussion, reported elsewhere in the proceedings, the 

 committee on nominations reported the following nominations for directors: 



Dr. H. J. Webber Riverside 



T. U. Barber, Los Angeles 



Judge Chas. Silent, Glendora 



W. H. Sallmon, San Diego 



E. S. Thacher, Nordhoff 



F. 0. Popenoe, Pasadena 

 C. D. Adams, Upland 

 W. A. Spinks, Duarte 

 C. P. Taft, Orange 



They also recommended that Dr. Webber be made president and that 

 Mr. T. U. Barber be made vice-president. Mr. Whedon moved that the 

 report of the committee be accepted and that the directors nominated 

 be elected for the next year. Motion seconded and carried. 



On motion of Mr. Taft a vote of thanks was unanimously given Mr. 

 Hart for his efficient services as president during the year. 



Following the business session, the following papers were read: 



"From Seed Time to Harvest", by T. U. Barber. 



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