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The '''Big Orchard Drying Establishment''' was a drying yard and dried fruit packer started by [[Fred W. Crandall]] and William Rice. The pair grew pea

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer The '''San Jose Dried Fruit Company''' was a dried fruit packer in the San Jose area, incorporated in 1891 by W.H. Wright, Stillman

| primary_business = Dried fruit packer '''Royal Packing and Drying Company''' was a fruit packer and dryer at the beginning of the 20th century. The company had a p

| primary_business = Fruit Dryer ...ers for three years, and then got his own land and began buying and drying fruit. He owned land on Foxworthy Ave., Union Ave., and near Lincoln Ave.

...t Company''' was a Hayward canner specializing in canned prunes<ref>Presto Fruit Co.: [http://archive.org/stream/handbookofmanufa00merc/handbookofmanufa00me ...the Morrell ranch in the Santa Cruz Mountains during the 1907 season. The fruit had been the subject of a fight between Morrell and the [[San Tomas Drying

| aliases = Orchard Home Evaporating Works, [[San Jose Dried Fruit Company]] ...turn of the century. Moulton also was a director in the [[San Jose Dried Fruit Company]], which declared the same (or nearby) address. It's unclear wheth

| primary_business = Fruit Dryer [[Category:Fruit Dryer]]

Depending on the era, processing dried fruit followed different processes. == 1893: West Side Fruit Growers Association<ref>How To Co-Operate: Organization of the Growers at W

|employer = [[Fruit Pest Exterminating Company]], [[San Tomas Drying Company]] ...%22phoenix%20packing%22%20san%20jose&f=false San Jose City Directory] as a fruit broker with office 518 and 519 of the Bank of San Jose building.

| primary_business=dried fruit packer '''Siebren. J. Spoelstra''' was the builder of a potential fruit drying plant on Race Street in San Jose. The company announced plans for a

'''Taft & Hageman''' was a San Jose fruit dryer, with a drying yard on the Winchester Road.

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer '''A. P. Marston''' was a fruit dryer in Los Gatos. His dryer used mechanical drying, with a 75 foot long

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer | predecessors = [[Stillman A. Moulton drying yard]], [[San Jose Dried Fruit Company]]

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer [[Category:Dried Fruit Packer]]

| primary_business = Fruit drying. ...the company.</ref> He joined with other local farmers to form the [[Alden Fruit and Vegetable Preserving Company]] in 1874.

Depending on the era, processing dried fruit followed different processes. == 1893: West Side Fruit Growers Association<ref>How To Co-Operate: Organization of the Growers at W

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer '''L. G. Sresovich''' was a dried fruit packer and wholesaler based in San Francisco operated by Luke G. Sresovich

|occupation = Orchardist, grocer, dried fruit packer '''Curt V. F. Roemer''' was a Santa Clara valley dried fruit packer and businessman. Roemer operated the [[San Tomas Drying Company]] p

| primary_business = Fruit Dryer ...the early 1890's. His business probably became [[Start and Morrison]], a fruit dryer on San Jose's east side near Alum Rock Ave. and Capitol Ave.

...monthly bulletin about the challenges of cooperatives and of selling dried fruit in Alameda County so near the canneries<ref>J.C. Shinn, "The Prune and Apri ...ed to disband because of the uncertainty about the whole matter. When the fruit was dried and ready for sale we were not in touch with the Eastern markets

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer ...n the 1893-1894 season<ref>The Sunsweet Story</ref>, and dried 500 tons of fruit in 1896-1897.

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer | aliases = Curtis Fruit Company, Los Gatos Drying Works (1902)

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer ...o Call]. California Supreme Court ruled "In the case of the E. E. Thomas Fruit

| primary_business = Fruit Dryer Cooperative | successors = [[Santa Clara County Fruit Exchange]]

'''Dee-Hi Food Products Company''' was a fruit dryer near Campbell, California that existed in the early 1920's. ...&f=false May 1922 Coast Banker], p. 579.</ref>, was director<ref>Wholesale Fruit Merchant Is Manager of Dee-Hi Co: [http://books.google.com/books?id=ALdJAA

| successors = [[California Fruit Canners Association]] ...: Berkeley Landmarks].</ref>. The company was merged into the [[California Fruit Canners Association]] in 1900, then into the [[California Packing Corporati

| primary_business = Fruit Dryer | aliases = Fleming Fruit Company of Chicago

| primary_business=Fruit Dryer ...d in San Francisco Call 1900 list of delivery spots for [[California Cured Fruit Association]].

| primary_business = Fruit Dryer | predecessors = [[George_A_Fleming_Company | Fleming's Fruit Dryer]]

|occupation = Dried fruit packer, canner, orchardist. .../1900-07-29/ed-1/seq-25.pdf list of delivery spots] for [[California Cured Fruit Association]] on the "west side" of the Santa Clara Valley. Hyde was activ

| predecessors = [[Campbell Fruit Growers Union]] ...t was from the Santa Clara Valley; Ralph Hyde visited Ceres in 1914 to buy fruit<ref>[http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/54400568/ July 29, 1914 Modesto Eve

...produced 3,000 tons of green fruit.<ref>Charles M. Shortridge, "Sunshine, Fruit and Flowers: Santa Clara County and Its Resources, Historical, Descriptive,

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer [[File:Hamlin_fruit.jpg|240px|thumb|right|Hamlin Fruit packing house, 2011]]

The '''Mayfair Packing Company''' was a San Jose-based dried fruit packer founded in 1931 by Joseph Perrucci. Mr. Perrucci was born on Delmas ...ell the plant at 631 Sunol Street, but Homer Hamlin (principal of [[Hamlin Fruit]]) and R.S. Butler who had leases on the drying yard protested.

...rlos and Narrow Gauge R. R., are prepared to handle all varieties of dried fruit<ref>[https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SJMN19080709.2.78.4&srpos=8&e=-------en--2 ...20san%20jose&f=false Polk's 1909-1910 San Jose City Directory]. "American Fruit Product Co., San Jose branch.</ref>. The company apparently existed as lat

...es of Santa Clara County", a Wiki for recording and sharing the history of fruit-related businesses in the Santa Clara Valley. ...neurs started new companies to become rich off prunes, dried apricots, and fruit cocktail, and some of those tiny companies grew and dominated their respect

| primary_industry=dried fruit grower and dryer ...ming) was incorporated as the Mineral King Fruit Company.<ref>Mineral King Fruit Co. and A Large Orchard: [January 9, 1892 Pacific Rural Press].</ref>

...his machines. The company also studied industrial processes for handling fruit, such as Daniel Farrell's patent in 1900 for bleaching nuts with alkaline s

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer,Cooperative ...umb|right|Receiving office, Campbell Fruit Growers Union. From "Sunshine, Fruit, and Flowers"]]

...Fruit Driers and Packers Association was a trade group started in 1890 by fruit driers in the Santa Clara Valley<ref>Robert Couchman, The Sunsweet Story, 1 ...ent uses, the following conditions and sizes, adopted two years ago by the Fruit Driers and Packers' Association of the Santa Clara Valley, will serve well

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer | successor = [[Sanitary Fruit Co]]

...More than half the entire output is now shipped overseas in fulfillment of fruit contracts with England, Belgium, and France, the business being handled by ...terests. The wine has previously brought them as much money as the canned fruit. Last year in just one week and six days $80,000 worth of wine, at wholesa

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer ...terested in the fruit business, and the company slowly switched to a dried fruit packer. After his death in 1904, his sons [[Frank Coykendall]] and Horatio

Herbert Plant Has Tremendous Fruit Output ...dustry for a quarter of a century, and Mr. Barthold is an expert in “green fruit” and canning.

...former owner of the [[J.F. Pyle Cannery]], and superintendent of the dried fruit plant was George Holmes<ref>New Cannery Is Inspected: [http://docs.newsbank ...tion&hl=en July 2, 1940 San Jose Evening News].</ref>. Neuroth had been a fruit buyer but later was associated with D. C. Kok Sr. in organization of United

This page documents important events in the history of the dried fruit industry in the Santa Clara Valley. '''1858''' market glutted by oversupply of fruit.