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Revision as of 17:16, 3 February 2014

Summary
Business

Dried Fruit Packer
Main Location

Red Bluff

Sanitary Fruit Company was a California-based dried fruit packer with operations in multiple cities. A 1907 article mentions plants at Red Bluff and Edenvale[1]. H.P. Stice was the head of the company in 1917[2]. The company was building a new packing house at Vina in 1910[3].

Sanitary Fruit bought the Alameda County Fruit Company in 1917[4]. The company packed for the California Peach Growers Association in 1920[5].

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Edenvale 1907, 1911
Red Bluff 1907, 1920 Destroyed by fire and rebuilt in 1920[6].
Sacramento 1907 Main office

References

  1. Attorneys, Contractors, and Merchants, Fruit Dealers and Various Manufactories: San Jose Sunday Mercury and Herald, April 21, 1907: "Mr. Charles B. Bills, the president and manager of the company... his office is at Sacramento, California.
  2. Coast News In Brief: January 27, 1917 California Fruit News.
  3. Agricultural Review: June 11, 1910 Pacific Rural Press.
  4. Coast News In Brief: January 27, 1917 California Fruit News. "H.P. Stice, head of the Sanitary Fruit Company of Red Bluff, has recently purchased the plant and equipment of the Alameda County Fruit Company. The machinery has been moved to Red Bluff..."
  5. Peach Shippers Sign: July 1920 Associated Grower.
  6. Horticultural Jottings: October 30, 1920 Pacific Rural Press.