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This collection contains photographs, publications, and other material regarding the citrus industry in California, Florida, and Louisiana in the early twentieth century. Most of the items in the collection are black and white photographs featuring avocados, pecans, and other fruit, as well as shade trees and flowers. Select citrus publications and advertisements from the early 1900s are also included.

Abstract The Citrus Research Center and Agricultural Experiment Station (CRC-AES) records collection contains administrative records, correspondence, faculty papers, publications, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, reports, project files, and other material relating to CRC-AES. Formerly known as the Citrus Experiment Station (CES), the bulk of materials precede the establishment of UC Riverside's College of Letters and Sciences in 1954. The majority of topics document the history, events, faculty,...

Abstract This collection contains project files, publications, photographs, and other material regarding the career of Dr. Frederick F. Halma, professor of subtropical horticulture at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and research scientist at the Citrus Experiment Station in Riverside, California. Includes lecture notes, examinations, photographs and other material from Halma's Horticulture 102 class as well as handwritten field notes and publications regarding his citrus/avocado...

Abstract The William T. Horne Memorial Avocado Collection contains administrative records, correspondence, clippings, photographs, publications, and other material pertaining to the Citrus Experiment Station agricultural library, citrus and avocado related research, and the citrus and avocado commercial industries. Topics include avocado growing and growers' associations, the production and marketing of avocados, and the scientific study of avocado plants. Records document the development and use of...

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This collection contains slides, photographs, and other material regarding plant disease used by Leo J. Klotz, former professor of Plant Pathology at the University of California, Riverside, in his research. The material in this collection has an emphasis on citrus and avocado disease.

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This collection includes the diary, record book, and photographs of botanist and agronomist Wilson Popenoe, who studied avocados, navel oranges, mangoes, and other plant life throughout Mexico, Central and South America. Popenoe was employed by the United States Department of Agriculture Office of Seed and Plant Introduction in the role of agricultural explorer from 1913-1925, where he collaborated with David Fairchild, Archibald Shamel, and Palemon Howard Dorsett.

Abstract This collection contains research notes, publications, photographs, manuscripts, and other material regarding the scientific and professional career of Dr. Herbert J. Webber, a research scientist at the Citrus Experiment Station (CES) in Riverside, California from 1913-1946. In addition to citrus related material, this collection includes his scientific research on guava, avocado, dates, and non-edible crops like rubber. The collection includes a large volume of photographs documenting Dr....