Presto Fruit Company

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Summary
Business

Cannery
Main Location

Hayward

The Presto Fruit Company was a Hayward canner specializing in canned prunes[1].

Presto Fruit bought fruit from the Morrell ranch in the Santa Cruz Mountains during the 1907 season. The fruit had been the subject of a fight between Morrell and the San Tomas Drying Company[2].

References

  1. ↑ Presto Fruit Co.: Handbook of Manufacturers In and About San Francisco. Merchants Association of San Francisco, 1910. Listing for Presto gives address as "112 Market St., San Francisco. Factory, Haywards. Canned prunes."
  2. ↑ Morrell vs. San Tomas Packing and Drying Company. Reports of Cases in the California District Courts of Appeal. 1911.