Ellsworth Packing
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| Business |
Dried Fruit Packer |
|---|---|
| Main Location |
Niles, CA |
| Active |
1891 - 1918 |
Ellsworth Packing was a Niles, California-based dried fruit packer, probably a successor to the Niles Cooperative Fruit Association listed in an 1893 California Department of Horticulture report. Ellsworth Packing was recorded as a large cherry buyer in the area in 1891[1].
The mentions that Ellsworth Packing in Niles exported fruit to Europe, with news stories in 1913 noting they were shipping carload lots of apricots to Hamburg, Germany[2]. Ellsworth's packing houses was taken over by Schuckl, and the packing house was later leased to the California Prune and Apricot Growers asa receiving station[3], implying there were Sunsweet growers in the Hayward and Niles area.
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niles, California | 1893 - 1918 |