Difference between revisions of "Pioneer Fruit Company"
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| Lodi || 1913 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Main%20Street%20and%20Lodi%20Avenue,Lodi Main Street and Lodi Avenue] || | | Lodi || 1913 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Main%20Street%20and%20Lodi%20Avenue,Lodi Main Street and Lodi Avenue] || | ||
| + | FE Collins Manager, | ||
| + | "Lodi Sentinel, Aug 30, 1913":http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2485&dat=19130830&id=UaAzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=f-4HAAAAIBAJ&pg=3476,5035558 | ||
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| Muir/Martinez || || || | | Muir/Martinez || || || | ||
| + | (1923, acc. to Oakland Tribune Aug 14 issue) | ||
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| Napa || None || || | | Napa || None || || | ||
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| Newcastle || 1905 || || | | Newcastle || 1905 || || | ||
| + | Placer County. | ||
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| Red Bluff || None || || | | Red Bluff || None || || | ||
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Successor: Virden Packing | Successor: Virden Packing | ||
| − | Successor: [American Fruit Growers] | + | Successor: [[American Fruit Growers]] |
| − | Fruit packing company associated with [California Fruit Distributors]. Schism in 1913 when [California Fruit Distributors] (and their eastern backers) wanted distribution centralized through Atlantic Fruit Distributors, and Pioneer refused. The secretary of [California Fruit Distributors] backed down; Charles Virden, who had run fruit packing houses in the northwest, took over the secretary's role. | + | Fruit packing company associated with [[California Fruit Distributors]]. Schism in 1913 when [[California Fruit Distributors]] (and their eastern backers) wanted distribution centralized through Atlantic Fruit Distributors, and Pioneer refused. The secretary of [[California Fruit Distributors]] backed down; Charles Virden, who had run fruit packing houses in the northwest, took over the secretary's role. |
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Charles Virden solely owning Pioneer in 1926. ( | Charles Virden solely owning Pioneer in 1926. ( | ||
[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2485&dat=19260506&id=4G4zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ze4HAAAAIBAJ&pg=4584,152138 Lodi Sentinel, May 6, 1926] | [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2485&dat=19260506&id=4G4zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ze4HAAAAIBAJ&pg=4584,152138 Lodi Sentinel, May 6, 1926] | ||
| − | Supposedly sold to [American Fruit Growers] in 1932 according to | + | Supposedly sold to [[American Fruit Growers]] in 1932 according to |
[http://www.bellavistaranch.net/suisun_history/solano_history-bowen.html Solano Valley History] | [http://www.bellavistaranch.net/suisun_history/solano_history-bowen.html Solano Valley History] | ||
[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~npmelton/sjbcolli.html Frank E. Collins bio] | [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~npmelton/sjbcolli.html Frank E. Collins bio] | ||
Revision as of 15:26, 14 July 2013
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Summary
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
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| Lodi | 1913 | Main Street and Lodi Avenue |
FE Collins Manager, "Lodi Sentinel, Aug 30, 1913":http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2485&dat=19130830&id=UaAzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=f-4HAAAAIBAJ&pg=3476,5035558 |
| Muir/Martinez |
(1923, acc. to Oakland Tribune Aug 14 issue) | ||
| Napa | None | ||
| Newcastle | 1905 |
Placer County. | |
| Red Bluff | None | ||
| San Jose | None | 385 North First Street | |
| San Jose | 1906 | Bassett Street west of Terraine. | |
| San Jose | 1907, 1911 | Pleasant Julian Street near Pleasant | |
| San Jose | 1928 | Bassett at Terraine |
Details
Successor: Virden Packing Successor: American Fruit Growers
Fruit packing company associated with California Fruit Distributors. Schism in 1913 when California Fruit Distributors (and their eastern backers) wanted distribution centralized through Atlantic Fruit Distributors, and Pioneer refused. The secretary of California Fruit Distributors backed down; Charles Virden, who had run fruit packing houses in the northwest, took over the secretary's role.
Mentioned in land description in groundwater pollution deed restrictions on FMC land.
Owned by Virden Packing in 1923 ( lawsuit from Zellerbach Paper going after Virden for Pioneer's bills)
Charles Virden solely owning Pioneer in 1926. ( Lodi Sentinel, May 6, 1926 Supposedly sold to American Fruit Growers in 1932 according to Solano Valley History Frank E. Collins bio Bassett Street Visible on G.H. Lawrence 1906 panorama. Building appears to be George Allen Flour company on 1915 Sanborn map.