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'''Sunlit Fruit Company''' was a Berkeley-based canner. The company was known for packing in glass<ref>Sunlit Fruit Company advertisement: [http://books.google.com/books?id=OcOT3zked6oC&lpg=PA220&ots=iA9LlDuFUq&dq=%22sunlit%20fruit%22%20berkeley&pg=PA220#v=onepage&q=%22sunlit%20fruit%22%20berkeley&f=false Corona Club Cookbook] San Francisco, 1910.</ref>. | '''Sunlit Fruit Company''' was a Berkeley-based canner. The company was known for packing in glass<ref>Sunlit Fruit Company advertisement: [http://books.google.com/books?id=OcOT3zked6oC&lpg=PA220&ots=iA9LlDuFUq&dq=%22sunlit%20fruit%22%20berkeley&pg=PA220#v=onepage&q=%22sunlit%20fruit%22%20berkeley&f=false Corona Club Cookbook] San Francisco, 1910.</ref>. | ||
| − | Sunlit in some cases made multi-year contracts with farmers. A case in 1920 affirmed that these contracts were legal<ref>Violates Fruit Contract: [http://books.google.com/books?id=pfc9AQAAMAAJ&lpg=RA13-PA15&ots=BgcNaAcAdD&dq=%22sunlit%20fruit%22%20berkeley&pg=RA13-PA15#v=onepage&q=%22sunlit%20fruit%22%20berkeley&f=false December 22, 1922 Retail Grocers Advocate].</ref> Elmer Jackson, a Yuba City orchardist, signed a ten year contract with Sunlit to sell peaches at $25/ton from his 19 acre orchard. He delivered the first year, but refused after that. A petition for rehearing gives more details about the contracts, with Jackson's heirs claiming that the contracts were negotiated based on wartime controlled prices that could not cover costs<ref>Martha M. Jackson vs. Sunlit Fruit Company: [https://law.resource.org/pub/us/case/ca9/briefs/govuscourtsca9briefs1553/gov.uscourts.ca9.03771.b.05.pdf U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, Request for rehearing]. Filed October 3, 1922.</ref>. | + | Sunlit in some cases made multi-year contracts with farmers. A case in 1920 affirmed that these contracts were legal<ref>Violates Fruit Contract: [http://books.google.com/books?id=pfc9AQAAMAAJ&lpg=RA13-PA15&ots=BgcNaAcAdD&dq=%22sunlit%20fruit%22%20berkeley&pg=RA13-PA15#v=onepage&q=%22sunlit%20fruit%22%20berkeley&f=false December 22, 1922 Retail Grocers Advocate].</ref> Elmer Jackson, a Yuba City orchardist, signed a ten year contract with Sunlit to sell peaches at $25/ton from his 19 acre orchard. He delivered the first year, but refused after that. A petition for rehearing gives more details about the contracts, with Jackson's heirs claiming that the contracts were negotiated based on wartime controlled prices that could not cover costs<ref>Martha M. Jackson vs. Sunlit Fruit Company: [https://law.resource.org/pub/us/case/ca9/briefs/govuscourtsca9briefs1553/gov.uscourts.ca9.03771.b.05.pdf U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, Request for rehearing]. Case 3771. Filed October 3, 1922.</ref>. |
Sunlit was bought by Del Monte in 1920<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=hWATAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA1311&ots=SmV5g8G4I4&dq=sunlit%20fruit%20berkeley%20cannery&pg=PA1311#v=onepage&q&f=false California Packing Corporation, 1921 Moody's Guide]</ref><ref>Sunlit Fruit Company Acquired by Packing Corporation: [http://books.google.com/books?id=8G1RAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA11&ots=DPRTEQLVEl&dq=%22sunlit%20fruit%22%20berkeley&pg=PA11#v=onepage&q=%22sunlit%20fruit%22%20berkeley&f=false January 31, 1920].</ref>. Some employees went to work for [[Virden Packing]]. | Sunlit was bought by Del Monte in 1920<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=hWATAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA1311&ots=SmV5g8G4I4&dq=sunlit%20fruit%20berkeley%20cannery&pg=PA1311#v=onepage&q&f=false California Packing Corporation, 1921 Moody's Guide]</ref><ref>Sunlit Fruit Company Acquired by Packing Corporation: [http://books.google.com/books?id=8G1RAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA11&ots=DPRTEQLVEl&dq=%22sunlit%20fruit%22%20berkeley&pg=PA11#v=onepage&q=%22sunlit%20fruit%22%20berkeley&f=false January 31, 1920].</ref>. Some employees went to work for [[Virden Packing]]. | ||
Revision as of 15:59, 18 August 2014
| Main Location |
Berkeley, CA |
|---|---|
| Active |
-1920 |
| Brands |
Regent, Olympian, Academy, Alta[1] Atwater[2] |
| Successors |
California Packing Corporation |
Sunlit Fruit Company was a Berkeley-based canner. The company was known for packing in glass[3].
Sunlit in some cases made multi-year contracts with farmers. A case in 1920 affirmed that these contracts were legal[4] Elmer Jackson, a Yuba City orchardist, signed a ten year contract with Sunlit to sell peaches at $25/ton from his 19 acre orchard. He delivered the first year, but refused after that. A petition for rehearing gives more details about the contracts, with Jackson's heirs claiming that the contracts were negotiated based on wartime controlled prices that could not cover costs[5].
Sunlit was bought by Del Monte in 1920[6][7]. Some employees went to work for Virden Packing.
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atwater | 1920 | ||
| West Berkeley | 1920 | 2424 Fourth Street[8] | Retained by Del Monte. |
Photos
Photo: Warehouse. Oakland Public Library Fourth Street. Aaccording to caption on photo in Oakland Public Library Oakland Public Library
Photo: Bay shore at Berkeley via Bancroft Library.
References
- ↑ Patent logos. From Official Gazette of the U.S. Patent Office.
- ↑ Sweet potato label. thelabelman.com, 1910's. Sweet potatoes.
- ↑ Sunlit Fruit Company advertisement: Corona Club Cookbook San Francisco, 1910.
- ↑ Violates Fruit Contract: December 22, 1922 Retail Grocers Advocate.
- ↑ Martha M. Jackson vs. Sunlit Fruit Company: U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, Request for rehearing. Case 3771. Filed October 3, 1922.
- ↑ California Packing Corporation, 1921 Moody's Guide
- ↑ Sunlit Fruit Company Acquired by Packing Corporation: January 31, 1920.
- ↑ Handbook of Manufacturers in and Around San Francisco, 1910, The Merchants Association of San Francisco.