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1917 ANNUAL REPORT 



The tellers announced they were ready to report and brought in the 

 following report of the election: Total number of votes cast, 56; neces- 

 sary to a choice, 29. 



The names as listed according to the number of votes received were: 



1. 



Chas. D. Adams. . . 



. 55 



10. 



W. P. Sherlock. . . 



. 14 



2. 



H. J. Webber 



54 



1 1. 



C. p. Taft 



6 



3. 



T. U. Barber 



54 



12. 



Wm. A. Spinks. . . 



. 4 



4. 



B. H. Sharpless . . . 



. 54 



13. 



E. G. Hart 



4 



5. 



Thos. H. Shedden. 



53 



14. 



J. M. Elliott 



2 



6. 



Dr. W. L. Hardin. 



. 52 



15. 



Dr. L. Keller 



2 



7. 



Wm. H. Sallmon. . 



. 51 



16. 



W. L. Rideout 



1 



8. 



F. O. Popenoe. . . . 



50 



17. 



W. D. Murray 



1 



9. E. E. Knight 42 



The tellers pronounced the first three names in the list as presented, 

 to be elected directors for three years, the next three to be elected directors 

 for two years, and the next three to be elected directors for one year. Their 

 report was accepted and the directors as named, declared elected for their 

 respective terms of office. 



After the announcement of the election the following papers were 



read : 



"Avocado Varieties in Florida," by E. D. Vosbury, United States 

 Department of Agriculture, read by Professor L. B. Scott. 



"History of the Sharpless and Monroe Avocados," by B. H. Sharp- 

 less, Santa Ana. 



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

 Wagner, Hollywood, read by his son. 



The president announced that the evening session of lectures with 

 lantern slides would begin at 8:30 and that in the meantime the exhibit of 

 fruits and nursery stock would be open to the public, after which the after- 

 noon meeting adjourned. 



The program for the evening session was carried out as follows and 

 proved as attractive to the public as a similar one had done in San Diego 

 at the semi-annual meeting last October. 



EVENING SESSION, MAY 1 8 



The evening session was called to order at 8:30 p. m. with Vice- 

 President T. U. Barber presiding. The following addresses were given: 



"The Avocado in California," lantern slide lecture, by Dr. H. J. 

 Webber. Director, Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside. 



"Notes on Methods of Pruning," (with lantern slides) by Burdette 

 K. Marvin, Riverside. 



"Avocado Varieties," lantern slide lecture, by Professor I. J. Con- 

 dit. College of Agriculture, Berkeley. 



FORENOON SESSION, MAY 19 



The second day's session was called to order by President Webber 

 at 10 a. m. on Saturday, May 19, and was opened by Professor I. J. 

 Condit with a paper on 



"The Avocado in Central and Northern California," followed by a 

 paper by Thos. H. Shedden on 



"How Shall We Eliminate the Misnomer 'AlHgator Pear?' " and 



