California Prune and Apricot Growers - Revision history

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 Sunsweet may have also had rebellions from within.  In 1925, a group of growers in Healdsburg considered forming a separate organization.  The growers were angered by Sonoma county prunes being billed as from the "Santa Clara Valley"<ref>Sonoma Fruit Men in Move To Form New Association. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2wkvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8KMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1601%2C3230651 October 23, 1925 San Jose Evening News].</ref>.
 ==Locations==
 The following locations were believed to be operated by Sunsweet.  Several other plants were leased but never bought, including Plant 22 ([[George E. Hyde & Company]], Campbell), Plant 37 (Warren E. Hyde and S. E. Johnson, Cupertino), and Plant 38 ([[West Side Fruit Growers Association]], Stevens Creek Road, Cupertino).
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 | Hemet || Plant 5 || 1917- || East Devonshire Ave. at N. Harvard Street. || Former [[Hemet Apricot Grower's Association]]<ref>Photo: [http://coastdaylight.com/ph/scph/scph_hemet.html Packing Houses of Southern California]. Listed as [[Growers Packing and Warehousing Association]]</ref>. Still exists.
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-| Hollister || Plant 9 || 1917- || || Former [[Hollister Packing Company]].
+| Hollister || Plant 9 || 1917, 1939 || || Former [[Hollister Packing Company]].
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 | Los Gatos || Plant 7 || 1917-1928 ||Winchester Road || Former [[Gem City Packing Company]]. Became [[Sewall_Brown_and_Company]]
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 | San Jose || Plant 4 || 1921, 1926- || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=4th%20and%20Lewis,San%20Jose 4th and Lewis] ||  Used for the "special carton trade"<ref>1922 Western Canner and Packer.  Plant was too small, so they bought the J. W. Chilton plant at 405 North First Street.  Leased to Libby for one season. </ref>.
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-| San Jose|| Plant 6 ||  || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=595%20Lincoln%20Ave.,San%20Jose 595 Lincoln Ave.] ||  Former [[George N. Herbert Packing Company]].  Replaced by Contadina warehouse by 1959<ref>San Jose Building Permit 1959-029819-000-BD: build 1 story warehouse for Contadina Foods, estimated value $100,000.</ref>.
+| San Jose|| Plant 6 || 1939 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=595%20Lincoln%20Ave.,San%20Jose 595 Lincoln Ave.] ||  Former [[George N. Herbert Packing Company]].  Replaced by Contadina warehouse by 1959<ref>San Jose Building Permit 1959-029819-000-BD: build 1 story warehouse for Contadina Foods, estimated value $100,000.</ref>.
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-| San Jose || Plant 10  || 1964 || 2670 Alum Rock Ave. || Alum Rock at White.  Former [[George Frank and Company]] plant.  San Jose Railroads (trolley) built extension to plant in 1922<ref>Charles S. McCaleb, "Tracks, Trains, and Wires: Public Transportation in California's Santa Clara Valley". Interurban Press, Glendale CA, 1981.  "On October 7, 1922... the San Jose Railroads asked the city for rights to haul freight at night over the Seventeenth Street line, a former privilege.  The immediate purpose was to serve the California Prune and Apricot Growers' plant at Alum Rock and Capitol Avenues.  The city turned down the application.  So the Peninsular asked rights from the city and county to build a new single-track passenger and freight line up King Road north from Alum Rock to Berryessa Road, where it would join with the existing Berryessa line.  San Jose gave its approval March 26, 1923.  The county followed suit April 2.  Crews then installed rails along the east side of King Road from Alum Rock Avenue to McKee Road, crossing over to the west side from McKee to Berryessa Road.  On July 18 the Railroad Commission gave the Peninsular a certificate of authority to operate the new route."</ref>.
+| San Jose || Plant 10  || 1939, 1964 || 2670 Alum Rock Ave. || Alum Rock at White.  Former [[George Frank and Company]] plant.  San Jose Railroads (trolley) built extension to plant in 1922<ref>Charles S. McCaleb, "Tracks, Trains, and Wires: Public Transportation in California's Santa Clara Valley". Interurban Press, Glendale CA, 1981.  "On October 7, 1922... the San Jose Railroads asked the city for rights to haul freight at night over the Seventeenth Street line, a former privilege.  The immediate purpose was to serve the California Prune and Apricot Growers' plant at Alum Rock and Capitol Avenues.  The city turned down the application.  So the Peninsular asked rights from the city and county to build a new single-track passenger and freight line up King Road north from Alum Rock to Berryessa Road, where it would join with the existing Berryessa line.  San Jose gave its approval March 26, 1923.  The county followed suit April 2.  Crews then installed rails along the east side of King Road from Alum Rock Avenue to McKee Road, crossing over to the west side from McKee to Berryessa Road.  On July 18 the Railroad Commission gave the Peninsular a certificate of authority to operate the new route."</ref>.
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 | San Jose || Plant 10  ||  || Meridian Road at narrow gauge  ||  Former [[George Frank and Company]].
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 [http://books.google.com/books?id=2S0dAQAAMAAJ September 1922 Western Canner and Packer].</ref>.
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-| San Jose || Plant 17 || 1918-? || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Margaret%20and%204th,San%20Jose Margaret and 4th] || Former [[O. A. Harlan & Company]].
+| San Jose || Plant 17 || 1918, 1939 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Margaret%20and%204th,San%20Jose Margaret and 4th] || Former [[O. A. Harlan & Company]].
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 | San Jose || Plant 7 || 1964 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=7th%20and%20Alma,San%20Jose 7th and Alma]<ref>Referenced in Portuguese in San Jose, Arcadia Publishing.</ref>. ||

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 | Santa Rosa || || 1922- || Wright Ave.<ref>George Greeott letter, [http://northbaydigital.sonoma.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/Lebaron/id/212/rec/1 Gaye LeBaron Digital Collection], North Bay Digital Collections.</ref> || Receiving station, either former former [[Sherriffs Brothers]] plant or contract station run by M.L. McDonald.  Lasted "a while" after 1920.
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-| Sunnyvale || Plant 41 || 1923, 1930 || Evelyn St. at Central Ave.<ref>1930 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map.</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=2S0dAQAAMAAJ January 1923 Western Canner and Packer]</ref> ||
+| Sunnyvale || Plant 41 || 1923, 1930 || Evelyn St. at Central Ave.<ref>1930 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map.</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=2S0dAQAAMAAJ January 1923 Western Canner and Packer]</ref> || "Dried Fruit Receiving Station".
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 | Visalia || || 1934 || 602 S. Bridge St. || Building still exists.  Manager in 1934 was R. J. Scheline<ref>1934 Visalia City Directory</ref>.
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 | Yuba City || || 1964 || || Enlarged 1964.
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 | Geyserville || ||  18521 Fredson Road.<ref>[https://calisphere.org/item/d27e2e72e1dd7c7dca4c320c580e963a/ Exterior of Sunsweet Prune Packing Plant, Geyserville Ca ca. 1910].  In Wine Photography collection of Sonoma County Library.</ref>  || || Supposedly receiving station, previously owned by [[Sherriffs Brothers]].  Now used by Fredson Winery.
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-| Gilroy || Plant 3 || 1917 - || || Former [[Gilroy Farmer's Union]].  In operation at least to 1958.
+| Gilroy || Plant 3 || 1917 - || || Former [[Gilroy Farmer's Union]].  In operation at least to 1958.  Partial photo shows three story wood frame building<ref>Kenneth G. Johnson, Pacific: 2472's Family Album. Interurban Press, 1990.  P. 54.</ref>.
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 | Healdsburg || Plant 31<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/agriculturalcoop56gian#page/n0/mode/2up Agricultural Cooperative Organizations in California], 1937.  Also lists many of the associations affiliated with Sunsweet.</ref> ||  1922 || "South side of town near railroad tracks"<ref>Healdsburg Museum, [http://books.google.com/books?id=bkb38SYG0csC&lpg=PA91&ots=yvY8O0lm6K&dq=%22Sherriffs%20Brothers%22%20healdsburg&pg=PA91#v=onepage&q=%22Sherriffs%20Brothers%22%20healdsburg&f=falseHealdsburg].  Arcadia Publishing, 2005.</ref>||  Former [[Sherriffs Brothers]] plant. Bought in 1922<ref>March 1922 Canning Age.</ref>.

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 | San Jose|| Plant 6 ||  || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=595%20Lincoln%20Ave.,San%20Jose 595 Lincoln Ave.] ||  Former [[George N. Herbert Packing Company]].  Replaced by Contadina warehouse by 1959<ref>San Jose Building Permit 1959-029819-000-BD: build 1 story warehouse for Contadina Foods, estimated value $100,000.</ref>.
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-| San Jose || Plant 10  || 1964 || 2670 Alum Rock Ave. || Alum Rock at White.  Former [[George Frank and Company]], former [[East Side cooperative]].  San Jose Railroads (trolley) built extension to plant in 1922<ref>Charles S. McCaleb, "Tracks, Trains, and Wires: Public Transportation in California's Santa Clara Valley". Interurban Press, Glendale CA, 1981.  "On October 7, 1922... the San Jose Railroads asked the city for rights to haul freight at night over the Seventeenth Street line, a former privilege.  The immediate purpose was to serve the California Prune and Apricot Growers' plant at Alum Rock and Capitol Avenues.  The city turned down the application.  So the Peninsular asked rights from the city and county to build a new single-track passenger and freight line up King Road north from Alum Rock to Berryessa Road, where it would join with the existing Berryessa line.  San Jose gave its approval March 26, 1923.  The county followed suit April 2.  Crews then installed rails along the east side of King Road from Alum Rock Avenue to McKee Road, crossing over to the west side from McKee to Berryessa Road.  On July 18 the Railroad Commission gave the Peninsular a certificate of authority to operate the new route."</ref>.
+| San Jose || Plant 10  || 1964 || 2670 Alum Rock Ave. || Alum Rock at White.  Former [[George Frank and Company]] plant.  San Jose Railroads (trolley) built extension to plant in 1922<ref>Charles S. McCaleb, "Tracks, Trains, and Wires: Public Transportation in California's Santa Clara Valley". Interurban Press, Glendale CA, 1981.  "On October 7, 1922... the San Jose Railroads asked the city for rights to haul freight at night over the Seventeenth Street line, a former privilege.  The immediate purpose was to serve the California Prune and Apricot Growers' plant at Alum Rock and Capitol Avenues.  The city turned down the application.  So the Peninsular asked rights from the city and county to build a new single-track passenger and freight line up King Road north from Alum Rock to Berryessa Road, where it would join with the existing Berryessa line.  San Jose gave its approval March 26, 1923.  The county followed suit April 2.  Crews then installed rails along the east side of King Road from Alum Rock Avenue to McKee Road, crossing over to the west side from McKee to Berryessa Road.  On July 18 the Railroad Commission gave the Peninsular a certificate of authority to operate the new route."</ref>.
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 | San Jose || Plant 10  ||  || Meridian Road at narrow gauge  ||  Former [[George Frank and Company]].

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 | San Jose|| Plant 6 ||  || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=595%20Lincoln%20Ave.,San%20Jose 595 Lincoln Ave.] ||  Former [[George N. Herbert Packing Company]].  Replaced by Contadina warehouse by 1959<ref>San Jose Building Permit 1959-029819-000-BD: build 1 story warehouse for Contadina Foods, estimated value $100,000.</ref>.
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-| San Jose || Plant 10  || 1964 || 2670 Alum Rock Ave. || Alum Rock at White.
+| San Jose || Plant 10  || 1964 || 2670 Alum Rock Ave. || Alum Rock at White.  Former [[George Frank and Company]], former [[East Side cooperative]].  San Jose Railroads (trolley) built extension to plant in 1922<ref>Charles S. McCaleb, "Tracks, Trains, and Wires: Public Transportation in California's Santa Clara Valley". Interurban Press, Glendale CA, 1981.  "On October 7, 1922... the San Jose Railroads asked the city for rights to haul freight at night over the Seventeenth Street line, a former privilege.  The immediate purpose was to serve the California Prune and Apricot Growers' plant at Alum Rock and Capitol Avenues.  The city turned down the application.  So the Peninsular asked rights from the city and county to build a new single-track passenger and freight line up King Road north from Alum Rock to Berryessa Road, where it would join with the existing Berryessa line.  San Jose gave its approval March 26, 1923.  The county followed suit April 2.  Crews then installed rails along the east side of King Road from Alum Rock Avenue to McKee Road, crossing over to the west side from McKee to Berryessa Road.  On July 18 the Railroad Commission gave the Peninsular a certificate of authority to operate the new route."</ref>.
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 | San Jose || Plant 10  ||  || Meridian Road at narrow gauge  ||  Former [[George Frank and Company]].

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 | Dinuba || || 1922, 1934 || 265 North N St. (Now N. Urapan Way)<ref>1934 Visalia City Directory</ref> ||  [http://books.google.com/books?id=2S0dAQAAMAAJ July 1922 Western Canner and Packer].  L. C. Wallace was manager in 1934.
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-| Geyserville || ||  || || Supposedly receiving station, previously owned by [[Sherriffs Brothers]].
+| Geyserville || ||  18521 Fredson Road.<ref>[https://calisphere.org/item/d27e2e72e1dd7c7dca4c320c580e963a/ Exterior of Sunsweet Prune Packing Plant, Geyserville Ca ca. 1910].  In Wine Photography collection of Sonoma County Library.</ref>  || || Supposedly receiving station, previously owned by [[Sherriffs Brothers]].  Now used by Fredson Winery.
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 | Gilroy || Plant 3 || 1917 - || || Former [[Gilroy Farmer's Union]].  In operation at least to 1958.

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 | Los Gatos || Plant 13 || 1917 || || ???
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 | Morgan Hill || Plant 2 || 1917-1964 || 91 East 4th Street || Former [[ Morgan Hill Farmer's Union ]].  Torn down 1964.  Dryer in town until 1987<ref>August 7, 1987 San Jose Mercury News</ref>.

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 | Cupertino || Plant 38 ||  || Stevens Creek Road || [[West Side Fruit Growers Association]].  Contract packer only?
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-| Dinuba || || 1922, 1934 || 265 North N St.<ref>1934 Visalia City Directory</ref> ||  [http://books.google.com/books?id=2S0dAQAAMAAJ July 1922 Western Canner and Packer].  L. C. Wallace was manager in 1934.
+| Dinuba || || 1922, 1934 || 265 North N St. (Now N. Urapan Way)<ref>1934 Visalia City Directory</ref> ||  [http://books.google.com/books?id=2S0dAQAAMAAJ July 1922 Western Canner and Packer].  L. C. Wallace was manager in 1934.
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 | Geyserville || ||  || || Supposedly receiving station, previously owned by [[Sherriffs Brothers]].