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Avocado

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

University of California, Riverside, Citrus Research Center and Agricultural Experiment Station records

 Collection
Identifier: UA-042
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,...
Dates: circa 1808-2007, undated; Majority of material found within 1910-1955

Frederick F. Halma papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-040
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...
Dates: 1919-1963, undated; Majority of material found within 1933-1955

William T. Horne memorial avocado collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA-051
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...
Dates: 1826-1980, undated; Majority of material found within 1920-1960

Herbert J. Webber papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-059
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....
Dates: 1894-1968, undated; Majority of material found within 1915-1944