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The '''Berryessa Fruit Growers Union''' was a cooperatively-owned dried fruit packer in the Berryessa district east of San Jose.  The group was organized in 1893<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=hLtBAQAAIAAJ&lpg=PA224&ots=T71blouY_G&dq=%22berryessa%20fruit%20growers%20union%22&pg=PA224#v=onepage&q=%22berryessa%20fruit%20growers%20union%22&f=false Statistical report from the California State Board of Agriculture Report, 1893]</ref>.  The group was mentioned as a drop-off site for the [[California Cured Fruit Association]] in 1900<ref>San Francisco Call 1900 list of delivery sites</ref>.  The group was also a member of the [[Santa Clara County Fruit Exchange]] which represented several of the Valley cooperatives.  The organization went out of business in 1905<ref>[http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19051126.2.79 San Francisco Call, November 26, 1905]</ref>.
  
 
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[http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt6j49q3t8/ Workers posig with field boxes]
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[http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt6j49q3t8/ Workers posing with field boxes]
  
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Organized in 1893 according to
 
[http://books.google.com/books?id=hLtBAQAAIAAJ&lpg=PA224&ots=T71blouY_G&dq=%22berryessa%20fruit%20growers%20union%22&pg=PA224#v=onepage&q=%22berryessa%20fruit%20growers%20union%22&f=false California State Board of Agriculture Report in 1891]
 
mentioned in Sunsweet book. Also in San Francisco Call 1900 list of delivery sites for California Cured Fruit.
 
 
[[Category:San Jose]]
 
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[[Category:Dried Fruit Packer]]
 
[[Category:Dried Fruit Packer]]
 
[[Category:Cooperative]]
 
[[Category:Cooperative]]

Latest revision as of 00:56, 25 October 2013

Summary
Business

Dried Fruit Packer,Cooperative
Main Location

San Jose

The Berryessa Fruit Growers Union was a cooperatively-owned dried fruit packer in the Berryessa district east of San Jose. The group was organized in 1893[1]. The group was mentioned as a drop-off site for the California Cured Fruit Association in 1900[2]. The group was also a member of the Santa Clara County Fruit Exchange which represented several of the Valley cooperatives. The organization went out of business in 1905[3].

Locations

Location Years Address Details
San Jose 1900

Photos

Workers posing with field boxes

References