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'''John Francis Pyle''' was a Santa Clara county orchardist and canner.  He was the principal behind the [[J.F. Pyle Cannery]].

Pyle's diaries were saved, and are kept in the Bancroft Library at U.C. Berkeley<ref>[http://www.oac.cdlib.org/search?style=oac4;Institution=UC%20Berkeley::Bancroft%20Library;titlesAZ=J;limit=marc;idT=UCb112146399 John Francis Pyle diaries and memorandum books : ms., 1874-1921.]</ref>.  Pyle also was willing to hire Japanese workers earlier than other farmers<ref>Cecilia Tsu, [http://books.google.com/books?id=Q3LT1Exiv2YC&lpg=PP62&ots=mB8dKybRNI&dq=%22j.f.%20pyle%22%20tomatoes&pg=PP62#v=onepage&q=%22j.f.%20pyle%22%20tomatoes&f=false Garden of the World: Asian Immigrants and the Making of Agriculture in...], Chapter 2.</ref>.
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