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The '''California Growers Association''' was a grower's cooperative canner in Southern California founded by [[Vernon Campbell]].  The cooperative started in Ontario in 1915, opened a branch in Hemet the next year, and followed with canneries in Falbrook, Elsinore, and Riverside in 1919<ref>In [Packers' Consent Decree: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, United States Senate, Sixty-Seventh Congress, Second Session, Pursuant to Senate Resolution 211, to Investigate Matters Concerning the Consent Decree Entered in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in the Case of the United States of America, Plaintiff, V. Swift & Co. Et Al., Defendants.] U. S. Senate,  March 23 and April 21, 1922.</ref>.
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The '''California Growers Association''' was a grower's cooperative canner in Southern California founded by [[Vernon Campbell]]. The cannery processed fruit including apricots<ref>Cannery Notes: [https://books.google.com/books?id=2S0dAQAAMAAJ&lpg=RA1-PA9&ots=9REZbDFCIC&dq=%22california%20growers%20association%22%20ontario&pg=RA1-PA9#v=onepage&q=%22california%20growers%20association%22%20ontario&f=false July 1922 Western Canner and Packer].</ref>.
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  The cooperative started in Ontario in 1915, opened a branch in Hemet the next year, and followed with canneries in Falbrook, Elsinore, and Riverside in 1919<ref>In [Packers' Consent Decree: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, United States Senate, Sixty-Seventh Congress, Second Session, Pursuant to Senate Resolution 211, to Investigate Matters Concerning the Consent Decree Entered in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in the Case of the United States of America, Plaintiff, V. Swift & Co. Et Al., Defendants.] U. S. Senate,  March 23 and April 21, 1922.</ref>.
  
 
In the hearings over changing the packer's consent decree, a letter from [[Edmund Nutting Richmond]] characterized Campbell as "a promoter 100 per cent efficient", complaining the cooperatives had been failures.  Campbell, in the hearing, declared that the cooperatives were doing well now, but the first couple years had been harsh.  1915 was a hard year for peaches and apricots -peaches ripened without demand, but bought as fruit falling from trees.
 
In the hearings over changing the packer's consent decree, a letter from [[Edmund Nutting Richmond]] characterized Campbell as "a promoter 100 per cent efficient", complaining the cooperatives had been failures.  Campbell, in the hearing, declared that the cooperatives were doing well now, but the first couple years had been harsh.  1915 was a hard year for peaches and apricots -peaches ripened without demand, but bought as fruit falling from trees.

Revision as of 19:41, 7 July 2015

Summary
Business

Cannery
Main Location

Ontario, California
Active

1915-

The California Growers Association was a grower's cooperative canner in Southern California founded by Vernon Campbell. The cannery processed fruit including apricots[1].

The cooperative started in Ontario in 1915, opened a branch in Hemet the next year, and followed with canneries in Falbrook, Elsinore, and Riverside in 1919[2].

In the hearings over changing the packer's consent decree, a letter from Edmund Nutting Richmond characterized Campbell as "a promoter 100 per cent efficient", complaining the cooperatives had been failures. Campbell, in the hearing, declared that the cooperatives were doing well now, but the first couple years had been harsh. 1915 was a hard year for peaches and apricots -peaches ripened without demand, but bought as fruit falling from trees.

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Elsinore 1919-
Fallbrook 1919-
Hemet 1916-
Ontario 1915-
Riverside 1919-

References

  1. Cannery Notes: July 1922 Western Canner and Packer.
  2. In [Packers' Consent Decree: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, United States Senate, Sixty-Seventh Congress, Second Session, Pursuant to Senate Resolution 211, to Investigate Matters Concerning the Consent Decree Entered in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in the Case of the United States of America, Plaintiff, V. Swift & Co. Et Al., Defendants.] U. S. Senate, March 23 and April 21, 1922.