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The company was sold to Vlessing in January 1922 after building what became the [[United States Products]] cannery in San Jose.
 
The company was sold to Vlessing in January 1922 after building what became the [[United States Products]] cannery in San Jose.
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Revision as of 00:53, 11 November 2013

Holland-American Fruit Company was a Dutch company run by L.C. Lens, focused on canneries in California for exclusive sales to Europe. The March 10, 1896 Hanford Journal noted Lens's study of Kings County as a potential site[1].

The company was sold to Vlessing in January 1922 after building what became the United States Products cannery in San Jose.

References

  1. More Capital Invested in Kings County: March 10, 1896 Hanford Journal.