Earl Fruit Company

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Summary
Business Details

Summary

Locations

Location Years Address Details
San Jose 1892, 1900 Bassett nr San Pedro
San Jose 1893, 1896, 1902, 1906, 1907 ne corner Bassett at Terraine
San Jose 1936, 1938 395a North First Street

Photos

Earl Fruit Company, Walnut Grove California State Library, California History Section

Photocopy of photograph (original print in New Almaden Museum) Circa 1885, photographer unknown WEST FLANK AFTER SECOND ADDITION
HABS CAL,43-ALMA,5-5&displayProfile=0 Mine Hill School, Englishtown (with panorama) Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress

Details

Started by Edwin Tobias Earl who invented a ventilated refrigerator car. Got the Armour company to buy the company. In 1910, the Supreme Court forced the meat packers to divest their refrigerator cars because of their monopoly power. Joseph Di Giorgio of the Di Giorgio fruit brokerage business in Baltimore bought the company for access to the fresh fruit market.

1892, 1902: Edwin K. Collins is manager. "Packers and shippers of green fruit." August 29, 1903 San Jose Evening News gives details of their sales in the season.

My capsule history Interview with DiGiorgio family

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