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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.