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{{Infobox_Industry
| primary_business = Fresh Fruit Cooperative
| primary_town = Santa Clara
| primary_dates = 1928-
| brands = Out of the West, Palo Alto
}}
Founded in 1928 as a grower's cooperative.  1935 label shows them associated with the [[California Fruit Exchange]].

Edgar JAckson was the manager in 1939 according to a [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZpI0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=I6sFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5058%2C6159090 March 10, 1939 San jose Evening News] article on expanding to represent Hardy pear growing regions of California.

President in 1935 was N. L. Meads according to [http://newspaperarchive.com/oakland-tribune/1935-02-10/page-8 February 10, 1935 Oakland Tribune].
==Locations==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Location !! Years !! Address !! Details
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| Santa Clara || 1932 || Bellomy Ave. and Campbell Ave || From [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GhciAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LaQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3198%2C3516661 August 13, 1932 San Jose Evening News] article offering culled fruit for charitable organizations.
|-
|}
==Photos==
[http://historysanjose.org/labellegacy/images/photos/popups/199720928.html Pear box label, circa 1935]

==Details==
Fresh pear cooperative.
One organizer was [http://santaclaraca.gov/index.aspx?page=509[[Category:Fresh Fruit Cooperative Howard Bowers].

Transcript of oral history interview with [http://www.oac.cdlib.org/view?query=Pear&docId=ft600006bb&chunk.id=d0e22978&toc.depth=1&toc.id=0&brand=oac4&x=0&y=0 oral history interview with Eiichi Edward Sakauye], a director of the association.