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The '''Presto Fruit Company''' was a Hayward canner specializing in canned prunes<ref>Presto Fruit Co.: [http://archive.org/stream/handbookofmanufa00merc/handbookofmanufa00merc_djvu.txt Handbook of Manufacturers In and About San Francisco].  Merchants Association of San Francisco, 1910.  Listing for Presto gives address as "112 Market St., San Francisco.  Factory, Haywards.  Canned prunes."</ref>.
 
The '''Presto Fruit Company''' was a Hayward canner specializing in canned prunes<ref>Presto Fruit Co.: [http://archive.org/stream/handbookofmanufa00merc/handbookofmanufa00merc_djvu.txt Handbook of Manufacturers In and About San Francisco].  Merchants Association of San Francisco, 1910.  Listing for Presto gives address as "112 Market St., San Francisco.  Factory, Haywards.  Canned prunes."</ref>.
  

Revision as of 08:26, 13 December 2014

Summary

The Presto Fruit Company was a Hayward canner specializing in canned prunes[1].

Presto Fruit bought fruit from the Morrell ranch in the Santa Cruz Mountains during the 1907 season. The fruit had been the subject of a fight between Morrell and the San Tomas Drying Company[2].

References

  1. ↑ Presto Fruit Co.: Handbook of Manufacturers In and About San Francisco. Merchants Association of San Francisco, 1910. Listing for Presto gives address as "112 Market St., San Francisco. Factory, Haywards. Canned prunes."
  2. ↑ Morrell vs. San Tomas Packing and Drying Company. Reports of Cases in the California District Courts of Appeal. 1911.