Penniman Fruit Company
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| Business |
Dried Fruit Packer |
|---|---|
| Main Location |
San Jose |
| Active |
1893- |
The Penniman Fruit Company was a dried fruit packer in San Jose. The company founder was Luther E. Penniman, Arthur Conley Penniman[1], and Geo. A. Penniman. Arthur Conley Penniman had 20 acre orchard in Willow Glen where he built a dryer. The company was listed as a fruit packer in 1893, and fruit dryer in 1896
The elder Penniman had been an immigrant from the east, driving a light wagon from the Missouri River to Placerville in 51 days. He also invented the "Ferris Wheel" style prune dryer, used in Watsonville for apples by Castle Brothers[2][3].
The company was starting a cannery in 1893[4].
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose | Willow St. | Near Guadalupe River | |
| San Jose | 1896 | Willow near Minnesota Avenue | |
| Santa Maria | 1893 |
References
- ↑ Arthur Conley Penniman
- ↑ California Dept of Agriculture circular
- ↑ Robert Couchman, The Sunsweet Story
- ↑ July 22 1893 Pacific Rural Press. "It takes more than hard times to scare the Penniman people."