California Fruit Exchange

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Summary

Founded in 1901 to market and negotiate for farmers. Head office in Sacramento.

The San Jose plant was on Bassett Street in 1906 when it burned; the building had formerly been the Pioneer Packing Company, though Pioneer continued to have offices in the building. The manager of the San Jose plant in 1906 was F. H. Smith[1]. The fire consumed an empty building; "the plant has not been in operation since cherry season."

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Sacramento 1909 ??? Head office[2]
Sacramento 1932-1966 4th and P Street[3].
San Jose 1904 24 W. Santa Clara
San Jose 1906 Bassett Street near Terraine Burned in 1907[4].
Santa Clara 1964 1061 Martin Avenue

Photos

California Fruit Exchange building, 4th and P St., Sacramento

References

  1. Saved By Heroic Work: August 4, 1907 San Jose Sunday Mercury and Herald
  2. 1909 California Fruit Growers Magazine
  3. California Fruit Exchange building at 4th and P in Sacramento was built in 1932
  4. Saved By Heroic Work: August 4, 1907 San Jose Sunday Mercury and Herald. Plant burned to the ground. "The front of the home of A. Delmaestro at 255 Bassett was charred, the windows broken, and the fences burned."