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[[File:Campbell_fruit_growers_union.JPG |200px|thumb|right|Receiving office, Campbell Fruit Growers Union.  From "Sunshine, Fruit, and Flowers"]]
 
[[File:Campbell_fruit_growers_union.JPG |200px|thumb|right|Receiving office, Campbell Fruit Growers Union.  From "Sunshine, Fruit, and Flowers"]]
Campbell-based Grower's cooperative founded in 1892.  The union supposedly joined the [[Santa Clara County Fruit Exchange]] and was part of the [[California Fruit Association]], a sales agency backed by the Fruit Exchange.  The Union sold its plant to [[George E. Hyde & Company]] in 1913.
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The '''Campbell Fruit Growers Union''' was a
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Campbell-based grower's cooperative founded in 1892.  The co-op bought the existing [[Frank Buxton Dryer]] in July 1892<ref>[http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cdnc/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=PRP18920716&cl=CL1%2ePRP&e=-------en--20--1--txt-IN-----# July 16, 1892 Pacific Rural Press]</ref>.  The union supposedly joined the [[Santa Clara County Fruit Exchange]] and was part of the [[California Fruit Association]], a sales agency backed by the Fruit Exchange.    In 1902, Captain J.H. Hamilton was its first president. and S. G. Redeck secretary.
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In 1895, the [[San Francisco Call noted that a hundred tons of prunes was arriving each day at the dryer<ref>[http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cdnc/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&cl=search&d=SFC18950904.2.52&srpos=9&e=-------en--20--1--txt-IN-ainsley+cannery----# September 4, 1895 San Francisco Call]</ref>.  The cooperative was just as busy in 1906.  "San Jose Herald, August 29: The Fruit Growers' Union is a very busy place just now. About 75 tons of prunes are being handled daily, besides the peaches and pears, which require about 40 pitters to prepare for drying. A big shipping business has been done this year. Fifteen hundred tons of peaches were shipped green by the Union as well as 350 tons of apricots and a quantity of pears. A few days ago three cars of pears were shipped in by outside canneries, necessitating an increased force of women and girls."<ref>September 13, 1906 Pacific Rural Press.</ref>
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The co-operative slowly lost the support of its growers; growers were willing to sell to the co-op when prices were good, but went looking for the best deal when prices were low<ref>Robert Couchman, The Sunsweet Story, 1967, Sunsweet Growers, p. 30</ref>.  The co-op eventually leased itself, then sold out to [[George E. Hyde & Company]].  
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==Locations==
 
==Locations==
 
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| Campbell || 1892-1913 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Central%20Ave.,Campbell Central Ave.] ||  Listed in Sunsweet book's list of 1900 packing houses and San Francisco Call list of collection sites for California Cured Fruit Association.
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| Campbell || 1892-1909 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Central%20Ave.,Campbell Central Ave.]<ref>Listed in Sunsweet book's list of 1900 packing houses and San Francisco Call list of collection sites for [[California Cured Fruit Association]]</ref> || 
 
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==Details==
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==Photos==
 
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[http://content.scu.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/svhocdm/id/2286/rec/47 Alice Iola O'Hare photograph of Campbell packing house] looks like it might be an interior shot (or might be [[Central Santa Clara Fruit Company]])  (The Sunsweet Story<ref>Robert Couchman, The Sunsweet Story, 1967, Sunsweet Growers</ref> sets the photo in the [[California Cured Fruit Association]] packing house.
Bought Buxton Fruit Drying works in July 1892 according to
 
[http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cdnc/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=PRP18920716&cl=CL1%2ePRP&e=-------en--20--1--txt-IN-----# July 16, 1892 Pacific Rural Press]
 
Captain J.H. Hamilton president. S. G. Redeck secretary. (1902). Slowly lost support of the growers, and eventually sold out to George Hyde in 1913. Sunsweet Story says they had aggressive leadership also stimulated interest in co-ops in general.
 
 
 
[http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cdnc/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&cl=search&d=SFC18950904.2.52&srpos=9&e=-------en--20--1--txt-IN-ainsley+cannery----# September 4, 1895 San Francisco Call] notes a hundred tons of prunes a day are arriving at the dryer.
 
 
 
September 13, 1906 Pacific Rural Press: "San Jose Herald, August 29: The Fruit Growers' Union is a very busy place just now. About 75 tons of prunes are being handled daily, besides the peaches and pears, which require about 40 pitters to prepare for drying. A big shipping business has been done this year. Fifteen hundred tons of peaches were shipped green by the Union as well as 350 tons of apricots and a quantity of pears. A few days ago three cars of pears were shipped in by outside canneries, necessitating an increased force of women and girls."
 
  
[http://content.scu.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/svhocdm/id/2286/rec/47 Alice Iola O'Hare photograph of Campbell packing house] looks like it might be an interior shot (or might be [[Central Santa Clara Fruit Company]])
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==References==
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[[Category:Campbell]]
 
[[Category:Campbell]]
 
[[Category:Dried Fruit Packer]]
 
[[Category:Dried Fruit Packer]]
 
[[Category:Cooperative]]
 
[[Category:Cooperative]]

Latest revision as of 01:43, 11 March 2015

Summary
Business

Dried Fruit Packer,Cooperative
Main Location

Campbell
Active

1892 - 1913
Predecessors

Frank Buxton Dryer
Successors

George E. Hyde & Company
Receiving office, Campbell Fruit Growers Union. From "Sunshine, Fruit, and Flowers"

The Campbell Fruit Growers Union was a Campbell-based grower's cooperative founded in 1892. The co-op bought the existing Frank Buxton Dryer in July 1892[1]. The union supposedly joined the Santa Clara County Fruit Exchange and was part of the California Fruit Association, a sales agency backed by the Fruit Exchange. In 1902, Captain J.H. Hamilton was its first president. and S. G. Redeck secretary.

In 1895, the [[San Francisco Call noted that a hundred tons of prunes was arriving each day at the dryer[2]. The cooperative was just as busy in 1906. "San Jose Herald, August 29: The Fruit Growers' Union is a very busy place just now. About 75 tons of prunes are being handled daily, besides the peaches and pears, which require about 40 pitters to prepare for drying. A big shipping business has been done this year. Fifteen hundred tons of peaches were shipped green by the Union as well as 350 tons of apricots and a quantity of pears. A few days ago three cars of pears were shipped in by outside canneries, necessitating an increased force of women and girls."[3]

The co-operative slowly lost the support of its growers; growers were willing to sell to the co-op when prices were good, but went looking for the best deal when prices were low[4]. The co-op eventually leased itself, then sold out to George E. Hyde & Company.

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Campbell 1892-1909 Central Ave.[5]

Photos

Alice Iola O'Hare photograph of Campbell packing house looks like it might be an interior shot (or might be Central Santa Clara Fruit Company) (The Sunsweet Story[6] sets the photo in the California Cured Fruit Association packing house.

References

  1. July 16, 1892 Pacific Rural Press
  2. September 4, 1895 San Francisco Call
  3. September 13, 1906 Pacific Rural Press.
  4. Robert Couchman, The Sunsweet Story, 1967, Sunsweet Growers, p. 30
  5. Listed in Sunsweet book's list of 1900 packing houses and San Francisco Call list of collection sites for California Cured Fruit Association
  6. Robert Couchman, The Sunsweet Story, 1967, Sunsweet Growers