CALIFORNIA AVOCADO ASSOCIATION 



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THIRD SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CALIFORNIA AVOCADO 

 ASSOCIATION, HELD AT THE MARYLAND HOTEL, SAN DIEGO, 

 CALIFORNIA, OCTOBER 30 AND 31, 1916. 



H. J. Webber, President 



T. U. Barber, First Vice-President 



Charles Silent, Second Vice-President 



Charles D. Adams, Secretary 



C. P. Taft, Treasurer 



MINUTES OF THE THIRD SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING 



Evening Session, October 30. — The first session of the Third Semi- 

 annual Meeting was called to order by Dr. H. J. Webber, President of the 

 Association, at 8 p.m. in the assembly hall of the Maryland Hotel, San 

 Diego. The president introduced Mr. Wm. H. Sallmon, of San Diego, 

 chairman of the local entertainment committee, who was requested to 

 serve as chairman during the evening session. 



The program arranged for the evening included two illustrated lantern- 

 slide lectures on the avocado by Prof. Ira J. Condit, of the College of 

 Agriculture, and Dr. H. J. Webber, Director of the Citrus Experiment 

 Station. After these lectures, the Association adjourned to give oppor- 

 tunity to visit the exhibition of fruit. 



Regular Session, October 31. — Dr. H. J. Webber, President of the As- 

 sociation, in the chair called the meeting to order at 9 o'clock and gave 

 the presidential address on: 



"The Avocado Industry and the Avocado Association." 



Then were read the following papers in the order named: 



"The Hotel and the Avocado," by Thomas H. Shedden, of Monrovia. 



"The Avocado in Mexico," by R. O. Price, of Upland. 



"The History and Performance of Avocado Varieties in California," by 

 Prof. I. J. Condit, College of Agriculture, Berkeley. 



|"Has the Mexican Type of Avocado a Permanent Place in the In- 

 dustry," by E. S. Thacher, of Nordhoff. 



"Experiences With Avocado Varieties and Necessity of Co-operation," 

 by Charles D. Adams, of Upland. 



The president then addressed the meeting on the desirability of as 

 many as possible of those present joining the Association, and stated that 

 a recess of ten minutes would be taken in which they could do so. 



