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| + | The '''Pioneer Fruit Company''' was an early dried fruit packing company associated with [[California Fruit Distributors]]. There was a schism in 1913 when [[California Fruit Distributors]] (and their eastern backers) wanted distribution centralized through Atlantic Fruit Distributors, and Pioneer refused. The secretary of [[California Fruit Distributors]] backed down; [[Charles Virden]], who had run fruit packing houses in the northwest, took over the secretary's role. Pioneer was completely owned by [[Virden]] Packing in 1923<ref>[http://law.justia.com/cases/california/calapp2d/10/635.html lawsuit] from Zellerbach Paper going after Virden for Pioneer's bills.</ref>. | ||
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| + | harles Virden solely owning Pioneer in 1926. ( | ||
| + | [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2485&dat=19260506&id=4G4zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ze4HAAAAIBAJ&pg=4584,152138 Lodi Sentinel, May 6, 1926] | ||
| + | Supposedly sold to [[American Fruit Growers]] in 1932 according to | ||
| + | [http://www.bellavistaranch.net/suisun_history/solano_history-bowen.html Solano Valley History] | ||
| + | [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~npmelton/sjbcolli.html Frank E. Collins bio] | ||
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| + | The Bassett Street plant is visible on the G.H. Lawrence 1906 panorama. Building appears to be George Allen Flour company on 1915 Sanborn map. | ||
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| + | == Pioneer Fruit Company In San Jose== | ||
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| + | Pioneer had a packing house on Bassett Street near the San Jose railroad yards. The Bassett Street plant is visible on the G.H. Lawrence 1906 panorama. Building appears to be George Allen Flour company on 1915 Sanborn map. Their ownership of the land is mentioned in | ||
| + | in groundwater pollution deed restrictions on [[Food Machinery Corporation]] land<ref>[http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/deed_restrict/docs/fmc_333_julian_sanjose_dr.pdf land description ]</ref>. | ||
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Revision as of 17:21, 7 November 2013
| Business |
Dried Fruit Packer |
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| Successors |
Virden Packing, American Fruit Growers |
The Pioneer Fruit Company was an early dried fruit packing company associated with California Fruit Distributors. There was a schism in 1913 when California Fruit Distributors (and their eastern backers) wanted distribution centralized through Atlantic Fruit Distributors, and Pioneer refused. The secretary of California Fruit Distributors backed down; Charles Virden, who had run fruit packing houses in the northwest, took over the secretary's role. Pioneer was completely owned by Virden Packing in 1923[1].
harles Virden solely owning Pioneer in 1926. ( Lodi Sentinel, May 6, 1926 Supposedly sold to American Fruit Growers in 1932 according to Solano Valley History Frank E. Collins bio
The Bassett Street plant is visible on the G.H. Lawrence 1906 panorama. Building appears to be George Allen Flour company on 1915 Sanborn map.
Pioneer Fruit Company In San Jose
Pioneer had a packing house on Bassett Street near the San Jose railroad yards. The Bassett Street plant is visible on the G.H. Lawrence 1906 panorama. Building appears to be George Allen Flour company on 1915 Sanborn map. Their ownership of the land is mentioned in
in groundwater pollution deed restrictions on Food Machinery Corporation land[2].
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Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
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| Lodi | 1913 | Main Street and Lodi Avenue |
FE Collins Manager, "Lodi Sentinel, Aug 30, 1913":http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2485&dat=19130830&id=UaAzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=f-4HAAAAIBAJ&pg=3476,5035558 |
| Muir/Martinez |
(1923, acc. to Oakland Tribune Aug 14 issue) | ||
| Napa | None | ||
| Newcastle | 1905 |
Placer County. | |
| Red Bluff | None | ||
| San Jose | None | 385 North First Street | |
| San Jose | 1906 | Bassett Street west of Terraine. | Plant to California Fruit Exchange, burned in 1907[3]. |
| San Jose | 1907, 1911 | Pleasant Julian Street near Pleasant | |
| San Jose | 1928 | Bassett at Terraine |
References
- ↑ lawsuit from Zellerbach Paper going after Virden for Pioneer's bills.
- ↑ land description
- ↑ Saved By Heroic Work: August 4, 1907 San Jose Sunday Mercury and Herald