California Growers Association

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Summary
Business

Cannery
Main Location

Ontario, California
Active

1915-

The California Growers Association was a grower's cooperative canner in Southern California. The cannery processed fruit including apricots[1].

The cooperative started in Ontario in 1915, opened a branch in Hemet the next year, and followed with canneries in Falbrook, Elsinore, and Riverside in 1919[2]. Vernon Campbell, a strong proponent of cooperatives, was one of the organizers.

In the hearings over changing the packer's consent decree, a letter from Edmund Nutting Richmond characterized Campbell as "a promoter 100 per cent efficient"[3], complaining the California Grower's Association had been a failure. Campbell, in the hearing, declared that the cooperatives were doing well now, but the first couple years had been harsh. 1915 was a hard year for peaches and apricots -peaches ripened without demand, but bought as fruit falling from trees.

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Elsinore 1919-
Fallbrook 1919-
Hemet 1916-
Ontario 1915-
Riverside 1919-

References