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'''F.H. Holmes''' was a dried fruit packer in San Jose, operating from 1892 through 1917.  The company was busy, packing 160 carloads of fruit in its final year<ref>F. H. Holmes: in Eugene T. Sawyer, [http://www.mariposaresearch.net/santaclararesearch/SCBIOS/fhholmes.html History of Santa Clara County, California].  Historic Record Co., 1922.</ref>.
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Holmes acted as a receiving station for the [[California Cured Fruit Association]] in 1900<ref>Where Prune Growers May Deliver Crops: [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1900-07-29/ed-1/seq-25.pdf  July 29, 1900 San Francisco Call].</ref>,
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and for the [[California Prune and Apricot Growers]] in their first season in 1917<ref>Cot Growers Asked by Association to Cull Out All Smut:  [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LykiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KqQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2025%2C814783 July 21, 1917 San Jose Evening News]. Also includes lists of receiving stations for the association.</ref>.
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Holmes sold to the fledgling [[California Prune and Apricot Growers]] in 1918.  News articles suggest that the plant was bought was part of an agreement with the independent packer, and that Sunsweet was immediately going to sell the property to Anthony Greco for his [[Alba Canning Company]]<ref>Prune Association Buys First Plant: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mhwxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=I-QFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6489%2C6226488 June 6, 1918 San Jose Evening News]. "The association will soon take over the Holmes plant, and will probably sell it to the Greco company to use as a cannery, as the association does not need it, but according to the agreement with the packers, has to take it over."</ref>.
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Holmes was born in San Francisco in 1865, and moved to San Jose in 1886 to manage his uncle's ranch on Morrill Road in Berryessa.  He was also an early automobile owner, and one of the first owners of a Stanley Steamer in the Santa Clara Valley.  He also manufactured Sunset automobiles in San Francisco in 1905, and moved production to San Jose after the 1906 earthquake and fire.  He sold the company in 1912<ref>F. H. Holmes: in Eugene T. Sawyer, [http://www.mariposaresearch.net/santaclararesearch/SCBIOS/fhholmes.html History of Santa Clara County, California].  Historic Record Co., 1922.</ref>.
  
 
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[http://www.mariposaresearch.net/santaclararesearch/SCBIOS/fhholmes.html Biography]
 
Became associated with [[California Prune and Apricot Growers]] in 1917,
 
packer for 1917 season.
 
  
Sold into Sunsweet in 1917.  Was packing 160 cars of fruit a year the
 
last year.
 
San Francisco Call 1900
 
[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LykiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KqQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2025%2C814783 list of delivery spots":http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1900-07-29/ed-1/seq-25.pdf for [[California Cured Fruit Association]].  Also in Sunsweet book's list of 1900 packing houses and In "July 21, 1917 San Jose Evening News]  list of Sunsweet collection stations.
 
 
[[Category:San Jose]]
 
[[Category:San Jose]]
 
[[Category:Dried Fruit Packer]]
 
[[Category:Dried Fruit Packer]]

Latest revision as of 07:18, 12 February 2014

Summary
Business

Dried Fruit Packer
Main Location

San Jose
Active

1892-1917
Successors

California Prune and Apricot Growers, Alba Canning Company

F.H. Holmes was a dried fruit packer in San Jose, operating from 1892 through 1917. The company was busy, packing 160 carloads of fruit in its final year[1].

Holmes acted as a receiving station for the California Cured Fruit Association in 1900[2], and for the California Prune and Apricot Growers in their first season in 1917[3].

Holmes sold to the fledgling California Prune and Apricot Growers in 1918. News articles suggest that the plant was bought was part of an agreement with the independent packer, and that Sunsweet was immediately going to sell the property to Anthony Greco for his Alba Canning Company[4].

Holmes was born in San Francisco in 1865, and moved to San Jose in 1886 to manage his uncle's ranch on Morrill Road in Berryessa. He was also an early automobile owner, and one of the first owners of a Stanley Steamer in the Santa Clara Valley. He also manufactured Sunset automobiles in San Francisco in 1905, and moved production to San Jose after the 1906 earthquake and fire. He sold the company in 1912[5].

Locations

Location Years Address Details
San Jose 1900, 1917 8th and Jackson

References

  1. F. H. Holmes: in Eugene T. Sawyer, History of Santa Clara County, California. Historic Record Co., 1922.
  2. Where Prune Growers May Deliver Crops: July 29, 1900 San Francisco Call.
  3. Cot Growers Asked by Association to Cull Out All Smut: July 21, 1917 San Jose Evening News. Also includes lists of receiving stations for the association.
  4. Prune Association Buys First Plant: June 6, 1918 San Jose Evening News. "The association will soon take over the Holmes plant, and will probably sell it to the Greco company to use as a cannery, as the association does not need it, but according to the agreement with the packers, has to take it over."
  5. F. H. Holmes: in Eugene T. Sawyer, History of Santa Clara County, California. Historic Record Co., 1922.