California Fruit Canners Association
| Business |
Cannery |
|---|---|
| Main Location |
San Francisco, CA |
| Active |
1899 - 1915 |
Summary
Consolidation of 18 canneries in California.
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose | 1899-1915 | Auzerais Avenue (1899-1915) |
Becomes Del Monte |
| San Jose | 1900, 1902, 1904, 1906 | San Carlos Avenue at narrow gauge tracks |
Details
Occurred June 15, 1899, took over canneries, trade marks, paraphenalia, plants. (History of Fruit Canning says 30 canneries, not controlling more than 60% of market). Merged into CalPak in 1915. Founding group was San Jose Fruit Packing Company and seventeen other companies, about half in California. Oakland Preserving Company was included. T.B. Dawson of CFCA became general superintendent of CalPak, Robert Bentley, formerly of Golden Gate cannery, became CalPak president.
From The Canning Industry in California , an article in "The Seal of Safety Year Book for 1914" "The California Fruit Canners' Association, which has for years been the dominant factor in the . canning business on the Pacific Coast, was organized on June 15, 1899; and the efforts toward consolidation of the California packers were crowned with partial success. The association included originally the following plants : Cutting Packing Company, San Jose Fruit Packing Company, King, Morse Company, Oakland Preserving Company, Fontana & Company, Sacramento Packing Company, California Fruit Preserving Company, and Marysville Packing Company In 1900, nine more plants were taken over, including: Hunt Bros. Fruit Packing Company, Rose City Packing Company, A. F. Tenney Canning Company, Courtland Canning Company, Whittier Cannery, Chico Canning Company, Lincoln Fruit Pack- ing Company, Sutter Canning & Packing Company, and Southern California Packing Company Thus, at the end of the second season, the Cali- fornia Fruit Canners' Association controlled twenty-seven plants in twenty-two cities. During the season of 1914, seventeen canning factories were operated by the association."
Full list of associated canneries in California board of horticulture biennial report from 1901.
In 1913, light fruit crops meant that only five out of the twenty-six canneries were operated in the year.
See also: History