CALIFORNIA AVOCADO ASSOCIATION 7 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page 



Foreword 11-12 



List of Members 13-16 



Fourth Semi-Annual Meeting 



Minutes of the Second Annual and Fourth Semi-Annual Meeting 1 7-22 

 Remarks Made in Opening the Fourth Semi-Annual Meeting, 



by President H. J. Webber 23 



Avocado Varieties in Florida, by E. D. Vosbury 24-25 



History and Propagation of the Sharpless and Monroe Avocados, 



by B. H. Sharpless 26-27 



The Wagner, Lambert, and Surprise Avocados, by Chas. F. 



Wagner 28 



My Experience in Growing the Avocado, by Martin Fesler 29-30 



Notes on Avocado Varieties for Commercial Orchards, by Chas. 



D. Adams 31-34 



The Avocado in Central and Northern California, by Prof. L J. 



Condit 35-38 



Additions to the Check List of Varieties, by L J. Condit 39-40 



How Shall We Eliminate the Misnomer "Alligator Pear"?, by 



Thos. H. Shedden 41-43 



Interplanting and Changing Varieties, by Wm. A. Spinks 44-48 



Cold Resistance of the Avocado, by Dr. H. J. Webber. ...... 49-50 



The Avocado for the Table, by Victor Hirtzler 51-54 



The Taft Avocado and Its History, by C. P. Taft 55-56 



Comparative Merits of the California Avocado Varieties, by 



L. B. Scott 5 7-62 



My Experience in Growing Avocados, by Mrs. Margaret Stewart 63-66 



Fifth Semi-Annual Meeting 



Minutes of the Fifth Semi-Annual Meeting 67-68 



Presidential Address, by President Thos. H. Shedden 69-74 



Joseph Sexton — An Appreciation, by C. W. Beers 75-76 



Resolutions on Death of Joseph Sexton 77 



Symposium on Irrigation, Discussion led by Dr. Lester Keller. . . 78-82 



