Riverdale Fruit Company
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| Business |
Dried Fruit Packer |
|---|---|
| Main Location |
San Jose |
The Riverdale Fruit Company was a dried fruit packer in San Jose in the 1890's. The company was run by Sanford A. Coe. In 1891, the company expected to sell around 60 carloads of dried fruit[1]. The company also exhibited at the Chicago 1893 World's Fair[2].
Coe had been in the wholesale fruit business in Minneapolis. In 1886, he came to Santa Clara county and bought a fruit ranch in the Willow Glen neighborhood[3]. Coe died in 1894[4].
The packing house at Northrup and Paula address was used by the Santa Clara Valley Fruit Company after 1896 and J. W. Chilton Fruit Packing after 1903.
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose | 1893 | Northrup Street and Paula Street | 1893 San Jose City Directory. |
References
- ↑ Agricultural Notes: Santa Clara: July 25, 1891 Pacific Rural Press. Names S.A. Coe as the owner of the company, and mentions his focus on uniform grading.
- ↑ California State Fair Commission report
- ↑ S. A. Coe: in H.S. Foote's Pen Pictures from the Garden of the World or Santa Clara County, California, 1888, Lewis Publishing Company. Transcribed in S. A. Coe: Santa Clara County biography project.
- ↑ Sanford Adelbert Coe: in Sanders history pages, roots web.ancestry.com.