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'''Growers Packing and Warehousing Association''' was the packing and warehousing arm of the [[California Prune and Apricot Growers]].
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The initial announcement for Sunsweet's purchase of packing houses indicated that the new company would have the same board of directors, but would be responsible both for packing and warehousing<ref>Prune and Apricot Association Completing Packing House Deals: [http://books.google.com/books?id=omFRAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA9&ots=KfuKeXfgyh&dq=%22growers%20packing%20and%20warehousing%20association&pg=PA9#v=onepage&q=%22growers%20packing%20and%20warehousing%20association&f=false 1918 California Fruit News] </ref><ref>California Prune and Apricot Growers, Inc., [http://books.google.com/books?id=vGhEAAAAYAAJ&lpg=RA1-PA37&ots=C1tUWsdr9Z&dq=%22growers%20packing%20and%20warehousing%20association&pg=RA1-PA32#v=onepage&q=%22growers%20packing%20and%20warehousing%20association&f=false 1916  First Annual Report of the State Market Director of California to the Governor of California for the Year Ending December 1, 1916], Sacramento, 1916.</ref>.
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The Association allowed Sunsweet to take fruit from the farmers, then hand it over to Growers Packing and Warehousing Association for packing and storage, thenborrow money against the crop now stored in a bonded public warehouse.  This process of temporarily storing raw materials and finished goods and using it as collateral in loans is commonly referred to as "field warehousing", though Sunsweet's use of the Association for packing as well is less common.
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| Colusa || 1922 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%281922%29,Colusa (1922)] ||
 
(new plant mentioned in article in Western Canner and Grower, 1922)
 
  
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The San Jose News called them the "manufacturing branch of the California Prune and Apricot Growers"<Ref>The Good Old Prune: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=b0oiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-6MFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1430%2C3629287 June 24, 1927 San Jose Evening News].</ref>.
| Sunnyvale || 1930 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Evelyn%20at%20Central%20Avenue,Sunnyvale Evelyn at Central Avenue] ||
 
  
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Some records - Sanborn maps, railroad records, or property records - might refer to Growers Packing and Warehousing Association, but conceptually the plant would have been a Sunsweet plant.
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According to San Jose News editorial on
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==References==
[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=b0oiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-6MFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1430%2C3629287 June 24, 1927] was the "manufacturing arm" of [[California Prune and Apricot Growers]].
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Started off that way - report from
 
 
 
[http://books.google.com/books?id=gzQLAQAAMAAJ&lpg=RA1-PA90&ots=xUTjhq6iY8&dq=%22growers%20packing%20and%20warehousing%20association&pg=RA1-PA90#v=onepage&q=%22growers%20packing%20and%20warehousing%20association&f=false Kansas State Board of Agriculture]
 
mentions that Growers Packing and Warehousing was officially a subsidiary, probably for ownership of the crop. More in
 
 
 
[http://books.google.com/books?id=omFRAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA9&ots=KfuKeXfgyh&dq=%22growers%20packing%20and%20warehousing%20association&pg=PA9#v=onepage&q=%22growers%20packing%20and%20warehousing%20association&f=false 1918 California Fruit News]
 
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[http://books.google.com/books?id=vGhEAAAAYAAJ&lpg=RA1-PA37&ots=C1tUWsdr9Z&dq=%22growers%20packing%20and%20warehousing%20association&pg=RA1-PA32#v=onepage&q=%22growers%20packing%20and%20warehousing%20association&f=false 1916 California State Market Director]
 
Receiving station seen on Evelyn Avenue at Central Ave (near Fair Oaks) in Sunnyvale in January 1930 Sanborn Map.
 
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Summary
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Growers Packing and Warehousing Association was the packing and warehousing arm of the California Prune and Apricot Growers. The initial announcement for Sunsweet's purchase of packing houses indicated that the new company would have the same board of directors, but would be responsible both for packing and warehousing[1][2]. The Association allowed Sunsweet to take fruit from the farmers, then hand it over to Growers Packing and Warehousing Association for packing and storage, thenborrow money against the crop now stored in a bonded public warehouse. This process of temporarily storing raw materials and finished goods and using it as collateral in loans is commonly referred to as "field warehousing", though Sunsweet's use of the Association for packing as well is less common.

The San Jose News called them the "manufacturing branch of the California Prune and Apricot Growers"[3].

Some records - Sanborn maps, railroad records, or property records - might refer to Growers Packing and Warehousing Association, but conceptually the plant would have been a Sunsweet plant.

References

  1. Prune and Apricot Association Completing Packing House Deals: 1918 California Fruit News
  2. California Prune and Apricot Growers, Inc., 1916 First Annual Report of the State Market Director of California to the Governor of California for the Year Ending December 1, 1916, Sacramento, 1916.
  3. The Good Old Prune: June 24, 1927 San Jose Evening News.