Fifth Semi-Annual Meeting of the California 

 Avocado Association, Held in the Glenwood 

 Mission Inn, Riverside, California, 

 October 26 and 27, 1917 



Thos. H. Shedden, President 



Wm. H. Sallmon, Vice-President 



H. J. Webber, Secretary and Treasurer 



MINUTES OF THE FIFTH SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING 

 Exhibit of Fruits 



The fruit exhibit under the charge of a special committee consisting 

 of Mr. Burdette K. Marvin, Chairman, Messrs. T. U. Barber, J. T. 

 Whedon, G. W. Beck, and Mrs. J. T. Stewart, was held in the west din- 

 ing room of the Mission Inn. In view of the scarcity of fruit caused by 

 the severe hot weather of last summer, the exhibit was considered to be an 

 exceptionally interesting one. The following is a list of the exhibitors: 



A. L. Smith Monrovia 



A. Foster Monrovia 



J. Thompson Monrovia 



J. A. Crandell Monrovia 



Manuel Garcia Duarte 



C. A. Knuth Orange 



A. C. Pickering FuUerton 



Hugo Wetzel Anaheim 



J. T. Whedon. . .Yorba Linda 



F. O. Popenoe Altadena 



G. W. Beck La Habra 



B. H. Sharpless. . . .Santa Ana 

 A. F. Manz Whittier 



C. P. Taft Orange 



James Mather Pasadena 



Chas. F. Wagner. . .Hollywood 



Wm. A. Spinks Duarte 



W. P. Sherlock Pasadena 



Thos. H. Shedden. . .Monrovia 



W. M. Boyes Lomita 



W. H. Holloway . Yorba Linda 

 A. R. Rideout Whittier 



During the second day of the exhibit, Mrs. G. W. Beck served to 

 the members and friends of the Association, a tea made from avocado 

 leaves, which created considerable interest. The formula for making this 

 tea will be published in the report of the Association. 



Excursion 



The excursion in the afternoon of October 26 was attended by about 

 60 persons in 18 automobiles. This included stops at the Citrus Experi- 

 ment Station to inspect the new buildings recently completed and at the 

 avocado groves of the Arlington Heights Fruit Company, and of Mr. B. 

 K. Marvin. 



Get Together Dinner 



Tlie "Get together Dinner,*' held on the evening of October 26 in 

 the main dining room of the Mission Inn, was a great success, 104 mem- 



