Penniman Fruit Company

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Summary
Business Details
Primary Town San Jose
Primary Business Dried Fruit Packer
Dates 1893-

Summary

Locations

Location Years Address Details
San Jose Willow St.

Near Guadalupe River

San Jose 1896 Willow near Minnesota Avenue
Santa Maria 1893

Details

Luther E. Penniman, Arthur Conley Penniman , Geo. A. Penniman.

Invented the "Ferris Wheel" style prune dryer, used in Watsonville for apples by Castle Brothers acc to California Dept of Agriculture circular and Sunsweet book Also did his own design dryer which he used for apples.

Fruit dryer in 1896, fruit packer in 1893. Arthur Conley Penniman had 20 acre orchard in Willow Glen where he built a dryer. Penniman had driven a light wagon from the Missouri River to Placerville in 51 days.

Starting cannery acc. to July 22 1893 Pacific Rural Press . "It takes more than hard times to scare the Penniman people."