California Avocado Society
1982 Yearbook
Volume 66

Table of Contents

4. Index to Advertisers

Section I — The California Avocado Society

7. 1982 California Avocado Society Officers
   
   
9. 1983 California Avocado Society Officers
   
   
10. Past Presidents
    
    
11. 1982 Committees of the California Avocado Society
    
    
13. 1983 Committees of the California Avocado Society
    
    
15. Financial Statements
    
    
18. Auditor's Certificate
    
    
19. Minutes of the Annual Meeting
    
    
23. Report of the President
    F. Michael Shore
    
    
25. 1982 Award of Honor
    
    
27. Awards of Honor
    
    
29. In Memoriam — Allen Chaikin
    
    
31. Report of the Variety Committee
    
    
32. Avocado Varieties Registered in 1981-82
    
    
34. Report from the Nurserymen's Section
    
    
35. G-6 Rootstock Nursery Sources
    
    
37. Report of the Research Committee
    
    
39. Report of the Membership Committee
    
    
40. Nomination of Director Candidates
    
    
41. The Retailer Is On Your Team; Cultivate Him!
    Kenton Kidd
    
    
45. Marketing the 1982-83 California Avocado Crop
    Ralph M. Pinkerton

Section II — General

51. Three New Patented Avocados
    B.O. Bergh and R.H. Whitsell
    
    
57. Feasibility of Marketing Soft Avocado Fruit
    S.K. Lee and C.W. Coggins, Jr
    
    
63. Avocado Taste Test—A Preliminary Study of Regional Differences
    S.K. Lee and C.W. Coggins, Jr
    
    
67. Dry Weight Method for Determination of Avocado Fruit Maturity
    S.K. Lee and C.W. Coggins, Jr
    
    
71. The Economics of a Monorail System
    Eta Takele and Bud Lee
    
    
81. Clonal Rootstocks: Personal Observations and a Peek into the Future
    W.H. Brokaw
    
    
93. Persea Explorations in Honduras
    G.A. Zentmyer and E. Schieber
    
    
103. The Avocado in Israel
     Zwi Shachar
     
     

109. The Avocado in Sri Lanka
     C.A. Schroeder and M.R. Schroeder
     
     

115. Avocado Materials in Southeast Asia
     C.A. Schroeder
     
     
119. Some Historical Aspects of the Avocado in Australia
     C.A. Schroeder and M.R. Schroeder

Section III — Technical

127. Some Aspects of Shoot and Root Growth of Avocado Under Lowland Tropical Conditions
     Costas Gregoriou and D. Raj Kumar
     
     
145. Impact of Certain Pesticides on Avocados
     Frank V. Sances, Irwin P. Ting, Robert O. Hogenson, James E. McDonald
     
     
155. Height Variability Obtained From a New Dwarf Avocado Tree Population
     F. Barrientos-Perez and S. Sanchez-Colin
     
     
161. Progress Report on Study of Sclereid Formation in Avocado Fruit Pericarp
     C.A. Schroeder
     
     
167. In Vitro Propagation of Persea Indica
     D.D. Nel, J.M. Kotze and C. P. Snyman

Section IV — Membership Lists

171. California Avocado Society Membership—1982