Haywards fruit growers association
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| Business |
Growers cooperative |
|---|---|
| Main Location |
Hayward |
| Active |
1889 - 1905 |
The Haywards Fruit Growers Association was an early growers cooperative banding together to sell consistent fruit. The cooperative was founded in December 1889[1]. Milo Knox organized the group in 1889, sending the first crops to Chicago[2]. The cooperative soon pulled in members from San Leandro, San Lorenzo, Niles, Sunol, and Danville as well. In 1901, the cooperative shipped forty cars of dried fruit[3].
The group's creation might have been prompted by the recent collapse of the Livermore Farmer's Union. That co-op had sold primarily through two Sacramento wholesalers[4].
The co-op' was no longer in existence by 1905[5].
References
- ↑ Joseph Baker, Editor,, Farming Fruit Growing, Stock Raising, Etc. In Past and Present of Alameda County California Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company 1914
- ↑ Haywards: Notes from a Pretty Town A Mile From the Station: Feburary 8, 1891 San Francisco Call.
- ↑ A Little Dry History: January 27, 2010 Tri-City Voice.
- ↑ Joseph Baker, Editor,, Farming Fruit Growing, Stock Raising, Etc. In Past and Present of Alameda County California Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company 1914
- ↑ California Secretarty of State, Certified Copy of Compiled Statement of Domestic Corporations Whose Charters Have Been Forfeited and Foreign Corporations Whose Right to Do Business in this State Has Been Forfeited, December 14, 1905, for Failure to Pay Their Corporation License Tax, Under an Act of the Legislature, Approved March 20, 1905, 1905.