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Canning-related business that appears in the 1907 city directories[[California Fruit Canners Association]] gives the same address that year, suggesting that the company is at the future Del Monte #3 plant.
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The '''American Fruit Product Company''' was a dried fruit processor with a plant in San Jose during 1907-1908An advertisement in the July 12, 1908 San Jose Mercury and Herald describes them as the "Pacific Coast Branch", "located in the Ernst Luehning Packing House, at San Carlos and Narrow Gauge R. R., are prepared to handle all varieties of dried fruit<ref>[http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX-NB&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=N54V59PNMTM4Mzc5OTM1OS4zNDgyMzc6MToxNTpyYS1zYW50YWNsYXJhcGw&p_action=doc&s_lastnonissuequeryname=NaN&d_viewref=search&p_queryname=NaN&p_docnum=7&p_docref=v2:1126156B6E3010F0@EANX-NB-1146987A0516B818@2418135-1146987AC1388000@6 July 12, 1908 San Jose Sunday Mercury and Herald].</ref>.
  
 
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| San Jose || 1907 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=San%20Carlos%20and%20Narrow%20Gauge%20Ry,San%20Jose San Carlos and Narrow Gauge Ry] ||  
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| San Jose || 1907 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=San%20Carlos%20and%20Narrow%20Gauge%20Ry,San%20Jose San Carlos and Narrow Gauge Ry] || Former Luehning packing house.
 
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Revision as of 04:54, 7 November 2013

Summary
Business

Cannery
Main Location

San Jose

The American Fruit Product Company was a dried fruit processor with a plant in San Jose during 1907-1908. An advertisement in the July 12, 1908 San Jose Mercury and Herald describes them as the "Pacific Coast Branch", "located in the Ernst Luehning Packing House, at San Carlos and Narrow Gauge R. R., are prepared to handle all varieties of dried fruit[1].

Locations

Location Years Address Details
San Jose 1907 San Carlos and Narrow Gauge Ry Former Luehning packing house.

Details