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Niles-based dried fruit packer, probably a successor to the Niles Cooperative Fruit Association listed in an [http://books.google.com/books?id=SzNJAAAAMAAJ&lpg=PA414&ots=EKswYnm0ZB&dq=niles%20dried%20fruit%20packer&pg=PA414#v=onepage&q=niles%20dried%20fruit%20packer&f=false 1893 California Department of Horticulture report].  Ellsworth Packing was recorded as a large cherry buyer in the area in 1891 according to a historical article in the  [http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2010-11-09&file=Lida+++TCV.txt Tri-City Voice].
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'''Ellsworth Packing''' was a Niles, California-based dried fruit packer, probably a successor to the Niles Cooperative Fruit Association listed in an [http://books.google.com/books?id=SzNJAAAAMAAJ&lpg=PA414&ots=EKswYnm0ZB&dq=niles%20dried%20fruit%20packer&pg=PA414#v=onepage&q=niles%20dried%20fruit%20packer&f=false 1893 California Department of Horticulture report].  Ellsworth Packing was recorded as a large cherry buyer in the area in 1891<ref>[http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2010-11-09&file=Lida+++TCV.txt Tri-City Voice]</ref>.
  
The [http://books.google.com/books?id=YXlRAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA4&ots=oNXnEpJLro&dq=niles%20dried%20fruit%20packer&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q=niles%20dried%20fruit%20packer&f=false August 23, 1913 California Fruit Grower magazine] mentions that Ellsworth Packing in Niles was shipping carload lots of apricots to Hamburg, Germany.  The [http://books.google.com/books?id=CS0dAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA12&ots=D1At2J_50d&dq=ellsworth%20and%20co%20dried%20fruit&pg=PA12#v=onepage&q=ellsworth%20and%20co%20dried%20fruit&f=false 1918 Western Canner and Packer] notes that Schuckl was leasing the Ellworth Packing Company's plant for use as a receiving station for California Prune and Apricot Growers (Sunsweet). Sunsweet's presence implies there may have been some Sunsweet growers in the Hayward and Niles area.
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The mentions that Ellsworth Packing in Niles exported fruit to Europe, with news stories in 1913 noting they were shipping carload lots of apricots to Hamburg, Germany<ref> [http://books.google.com/books?id=YXlRAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA4&ots=oNXnEpJLro&dq=niles%20dried%20fruit%20packer&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q=niles%20dried%20fruit%20packer&f=false August 23, 1913 California Fruit Grower magazine]</ref>. 
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Ellsworth's packing houses was taken over by Schuckl, and the packing house was later leased to the [[California Prune and Apricot Growers]] asa receiving station<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=CS0dAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA12&ots=D1At2J_50d&dq=ellsworth%20and%20co%20dried%20fruit&pg=PA12#v=onepage&q=ellsworth%20and%20co%20dried%20fruit&f=false 1918 Western Canner and Packer], implying there were Sunsweet growers in the Hayward and Niles area.
  
 
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Revision as of 01:54, 1 February 2014

Summary
Business

Dried Fruit Packer
Main Location

Niles, CA
Active

1891 - 1918

Ellsworth Packing was a Niles, California-based dried fruit packer, probably a successor to the Niles Cooperative Fruit Association listed in an 1893 California Department of Horticulture report. Ellsworth Packing was recorded as a large cherry buyer in the area in 1891[1].

The mentions that Ellsworth Packing in Niles exported fruit to Europe, with news stories in 1913 noting they were shipping carload lots of apricots to Hamburg, Germany[2]. Ellsworth's packing houses was taken over by Schuckl, and the packing house was later leased to the California Prune and Apricot Growers asa receiving station<ref>1918 Western Canner and Packer, implying there were Sunsweet growers in the Hayward and Niles area.

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Niles, California 1893 - 1918

References