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'''California Green and Dried Fruit Company''' was a dried and fresh fruit packer in San Jose. | '''California Green and Dried Fruit Company''' was a dried and fresh fruit packer in San Jose. | ||
| − | The manager from 1889 to 1900 was [[George Draper Worswick]]<ref>George Draper Worswick: Leigh H. Irvine, [http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ca/state1/biographies/gdworswick.html History of the New California: Its Resources and People], Lewis Publishing Company, 1905.</ref>. The company frustrated the industry in 1895 by opening a second auction house to sell California fruit<ref>[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1895-07-07/ed-1/seq-17/ocr/ July 7, 1895 San Francisco Call] </ref> | + | The manager from 1889 to 1900 was [[George Draper Worswick]]<ref>George Draper Worswick: Leigh H. Irvine, [http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ca/state1/biographies/gdworswick.html History of the New California: Its Resources and People], Lewis Publishing Company, 1905.</ref>. The company frustrated the industry in 1895 by opening a second auction house to sell California fruit<ref>[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1895-07-07/ed-1/seq-17/ocr/ July 7, 1895 San Francisco Call] </ref>. |
| − | The packing house site on First Street at Bassett appears to have later become the [[Porter Brothers]] packing house. | + | The San Jose packing house site on First Street at Bassett appears to have later become the [[Porter Brothers]] packing house. |
==Locations== | ==Locations== | ||
Revision as of 02:30, 1 November 2013
California Green and Dried Fruit Company was a dried and fresh fruit packer in San Jose.
The manager from 1889 to 1900 was George Draper Worswick[1]. The company frustrated the industry in 1895 by opening a second auction house to sell California fruit[2].
The San Jose packing house site on First Street at Bassett appears to have later become the Porter Brothers packing house.
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose | 1898 | First Street near Bassett | |
| San Jose | 1900 | 385 North First Street | |
| San Francisco | 1900 | 327 Market Street | From San Francisco Call article on rival auction house. |
References
- ↑ George Draper Worswick: Leigh H. Irvine, History of the New California: Its Resources and People, Lewis Publishing Company, 1905.
- ↑ July 7, 1895 San Francisco Call