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...ry for canneries, and a producer of various by-products of the canning and fruit industry. The company was founded by The company also made machinery for purifying spilled syrup in fruit canneries. The company's other major business was in processing material.

[[Category:Fruit By-Products]]

...books.google.com/books?id=8kvOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA187&lpg=PA187&dq=%22california+fruit+distributors%22&source=bl&ots=H7fkOCOHOa&sig=diADcmxFbNEqiHvGAnuoKIXeNMo&hl ...& McKevitt (Vacaville), and the Penryn Fruit Company (Penryn). [[Pacific Fruit Exchange]] was mentioned in at least one ad.

|employer = [[Hershel California Fruit Products]], [[Aron Canning Company]], [[Matmor Canning Company]] ...rom 1920 through the 1950's. Hershel was an owner of [[Hershel California Fruit Products]] at Race and Moorpark in San Jose from 1920 to 1935. He then sol

'''Holland-American Fruit Company''' was a Dutch company run by L.C. Lens, focused on canneries in Ca

...est San Jose''' area of San Jose was an industrial area dominated by dried fruit packing and cannery businesses. The district had excellent transportation ...e canneries, the [[United States Products]] plant and [[Hershel California Fruit Products]] took locations at Moorpark Ave.

...tes Products]] cannery, [[Drew Cannery]], and [[Rosenberg Brothers]] dried fruit packing.

| 226 || [[Warren Dried Fruit Packing | Warren Dried Fruit Co.]] || Ryland St. || 5 || 5 || | 227 || [[Pacific Fruit Products]] Co || San Pedro St. || 3 || 3 ||

'''Aiello Brothers & Co''', '''Contadina Canning''', or '''Hershel California Fruit Products''' was a San Jose cannery in operation from 1914 to through the 19 ..., and arrange for free transportation."</ref>. The new Hershel California Fruit Products was operated by Aron Hershel, but continued to be majority owned b

...rnia%20prune%20and%20apricot%20growers%22&f=false July 20, 1918 California Fruit News]</ref> | primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer

'''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

...canning company started by Frank E. Booth in 1895. The company had fish, fruit, and vegetable canneries in California. The company initially canned sardi Booth's cannery in Centerville, California primarily canned tomatoes and fruit juices<ref>Canning News: [http://books.google.com/books?id=va3mAAAAMAAJ&dq=

...put primarily went to the east coast, with apricots going to England. The fruit sent to England was often used as raw material for jam making<ref>Alba Cann Alba Canning was sold in 1921 to Japanese fruit and vegetable growers as the [[Santa Clara Produce Company]]<ref>Japs Purch

...he area." The local cannery, she said, focused on peaches, pears and other fruit, while the Alviso plant canned primarily tomatoes."</ref>. ...ortage Ave. || Became [[Sutter Packing]] Canned peaches, pears, and other fruit<ref>Gennady Sheyner, "History of Fry's Site Complicates city's redevelopmen

...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

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer ...and Frances A. Paddock<ref>Articles of Incorporation, Central Santa Clara Fruit Company, July 11 1903. In California State Archives.</ref>.

| 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 '''Abinante and Nola''' was a small independent dried fruit packer in San Jose. Abinante

...unes had chocolate, ginger, and orange peel added<ref>Confection is Making Fruit More Popular: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FigiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DqQFA The business was taken over by a consortium of dried fruit businessmen in 1929, including Ed Richmond, Elton Shaw, and Louis Normandin

The '''K. Hovden Company''' was a fish and fruit canner started by Knut Hovden. Hovden, a graduate of the National Fisherie Hovden, like Booth, also expanded into fruit canning with a plant in Decoto canning peaches, pears, apricots, and tomato

| primary_industry = fresh fruit wholesaler ...ol Company, which under his management grew to the largest wholesale green fruit and produce house in the Santa Clara valley.".</ref>. The company was appa

...ed L.E. McCann. It packed apricots, peaches and tomato products, and later fruit juices as well. In 1920 Libby, McNeal and Libby purchased the firm, and at ...1724 Stockton Ave. || [http://www.valcomnews.com/?p=11644 History] Canned fruit, tomatoes, and spinach in 1930's. Plant described in January 1921 Canning A

| successors = [[California Fruit Canners Association]] [[File:Sj_fruit_packing_julian.jpg|200px|thumb|right|San Jose Fruit Packing Co. cannery at 5th and Julian. Advertising photo, probably from ea

| primary_business = Fresh fruit co-operative organization ...AAIBAJ&pg=2309%2C5475263 May 16, 1919 San Jose Evening News]</ref><ref>New Fruit Shipping Association: [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=PRP19190621.2

...zen packed jams and jellies. However, Cutting was the first canning local fruit<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=il3zAAAAMAAJ&lpg=PA29&ots=_CUZD-Tvwi Francis Cutting merged into the [[California Fruit Canners Association]] in 1899, then into Del Monte in 1916 according to

...d advertising, and created prune by-products to use up small and off-grade fruit<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ohciAAAAIBAJ&sjid=J6QFAAAAIBAJ&p

...]] was actually a "blind" for Armour - they wouldn't have been able to buy fruit under their actual name, so they needed the side company to do it. ...fornia%20canners%20and%20growers%20cannery%20san%20jose&f=false California Fruit News ]

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer, Cooperative ...Side Fruit Growers Union]], [[Berryessa Fruit Growers Union]], [[Campbell Fruit Growers Union]]

...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

...arted in 1921 by the [[Kirsten Packing Company]]<ref>Here and There in the Fruit Business: Walnut Creek to Aid Canning Plant: [https://books.google.com/book ...=PA11#v=onepage&q=%22kirsten%20packing%22&f=false June 17, 1922 California Fruit News]</ref>. The Walnut Creek cannery was operated by Helmond and Franke i

...nepage&q=%22victor%20mills%22%20hollister&f=false April 1, 1916 California Fruit News]. Joe and Frank Felice were the operators; they'd bought the Victor M

...Clara Valley. The [[Hyde Cannery]] in Campbell and [[Higgins-Hyde]] dried fruit pack in San Jose both used Lawrence to take control of their products so th

...%20%22central%20california%20canneries%22&f=false July 21, 1917 California Fruit News]</ref>. A 1929 price list on EBay showed that the company continued t ...enburg blog]. facesofthehindenburg.blogspot.com. Site includes a Calbear fruit salad label, noting "Packed by Calbear Canneries Co., sole distributor M. F

|employer = [[Warren Dried Fruit Packing]], State of California |occupation = Dried fruit packers, assistant state purchasing agent.

...oining the [[California Fruit Canners Association]] combine<ref>Few Canned Fruit Sales: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2249&dat=18990712&id=1PUzAAAA ...nd was living in San Francisco in 1880, listing his occupation as "canning fruit".

One opponent in particular, Aaron Sapiro, lawyer for the [[Fruit Growers of California]], filed a complaint against the company in 1919 clai ...s. It does for the green fruit what the dried fruit operators do for dried fruit."</ref>.

...was a fruit cannery run by Elton R. Shaw, supposedly known for their fancy fruit packed in glass jars and high-quality jams. A 1907 ad advertises "tomatoe ...ty, both as efficiency engineer and expert in fruit packing<ref>High Grade Fruit in Tin and Glass Is Richardson and Robins 1915 Pack: [http://books.google.c

'''Schuckl and Company''' was a San Francisco export broker, dried fruit producer, and canner initially operated by Max Schuckl, an Austrian immigra ...But prunes are a real foodstuff and will be needed."<ref>War and the Dried Fruit Market: [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=PRP19140815.2.12&e=-------e

...e world and employed 1,000 workers."<ref> from History San Jose blurb with fruit labels.</ref>. The company also made and sold wines before and after prohi ...Pass from the brothers in 1938; in 1943, three of her sons started running fruit stands in Pacheco Pass and started the [http://www.casadefruta.com/about-hi

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer | brands = Thistle<ref>Warren Dried Fruit bought by Airline Food. NY Times May 6 1948.</ref>.

...ill be room and a welcome for tons and tons o the universally popular "red fruit". ...days, until the tomato had to be retired for "reasons" the two attractive fruit samples made one's mouth water with their luscious promise. The "love appl

...d economically important. It is the first port of call in a summer sea of fruit. It is to the Santa Clara Valley what a munitions plant is to war. To the

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer and also had apple and other fruit orchards in Watsonville and Pacheco Pass. When one year's tomato crop was

...perative Canneries is writing an interesting chapter in the history of the fruit industry's development in the Santa Clara Valley. ...urely co-operative canneries the grower not only gets a good price for his fruit but by the elimination of the middleman he shares in the canning profit as

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

...enth Street Cannery”, plant number 3 located on the west side, three dried fruit plants and a brand new pickle factory. This corporation is standardizing i ...e and of an appealing neatness; roomy cloak rooms and lavatories; big airy fruit room and a first aid equipment that is a real delight! White paint that gl

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer,Cooperative ...lly handle the crop. The San Jose list includes many of the smaller dried fruit packers<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LykiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KqQFAAA

...mpany]], and [[Southern California Packing Company]]. CFCA also ran dried fruit packing houses<ref>William Braznell, ''California's Finest: The History of ...unk of U.S. canning capacity, estimated at not more than 60% of the canned fruit market. CFCA merged into the new [[California Packing Corporation]] at the

...g exists to collect and record the history of the dried, fresh, and canned fruit industry in San Jose. It's ok to stretch outside these boundaries to relat ...so intended for historical and detailed information about San Jose and the fruit industry - articles that may be not be [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip

...ny was founded by James Drummond Dole, who had the goal of making Hawaiian fruit available on the mainland via canning. James was the brother of Sanford P. ...his the [[Hyde-Shaw Company]] to Dole in 1910 on the promise of the canned fruit market. Pineapple juice did not catch on, and Hawaiian Pineapple got out o

...at 11 Pleasant Ave.</ref>. Wilder previously worked for the [[California Fruit Canners Association]]. Wilder continued to be a force for the food industr

...&f=false Mida's Trade-Mark Register of Canned Goods]</ref>, Today's canned fruit<ref>Official Gazette of the U.S. Patent Office: [http://books.google.com/bo ...and invested in) [[Central California Canneries]], and ran their own dried fruit packing houses. The company apparently may have moved headquarters to San

...incorporation and all the dried fruit packinghouses. We all live on the fruit industry! It is our bread and butter-and jam! It is our jobs and our home We really ought to take off our hats when we pass a cannery and bow to every fruit tree in Santa Clara county! “By their fruits ye shall know them” is li

'''Hunt Brothers Fruit Packing Company''' was an early California canner. The company, started in ...ompany is planting one thousand acres there as rapidly as possible to that fruit. The cannery has already been built and in a few years the outpost will re

...%22salsina%20canning%22%20%22san%20jose%22&f=false May 11, 1918 California Fruit News].</ref>: ...in the world", and intended to use the San Jose plant for distribution of fruit and meats<ref>Virden Co. Buys San Jose Plant Big Packing Concern Acquires $

...l and the California market in particular. This State uses annually in the fruit and vegetable packing industry about 42,000,000 tin cans. For many years No ...st be a great reduction in the price of cans, and a substantial benefit to fruit growers and canners throughout the Pacific Coast.

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer | brands = Signal <ref>Orange crate fruit label: [http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p16003coll4/id/

...f orchards were the garages for the fruit start-ups of the time.) San Jose Fruit Packing Company company prospered and grew, went through various mergers, a ...actly one kind of canned peach or plum. By 1922, it was one of the largest fruit packing plants on the West Coast, selling to the East Coast and to Europe.

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer ...1967, Sunsweet Growers</ref>, commenting on their business model of buying fruit and hoping it would sell for more when actually sold.

...1918. In 1902, they billed themselves as "packers of selected California Fruit". The company incorporated in 1908<ref>Campbell's Canneries Prepare for Bi ...are of his help and has made for himself many staunch supporters among the fruit workers.</ref>. The payroll in 1919 was 500 people.

...kelley]], [[Central California Canneries]], [[J. K. Armsby]], [[California Fruit Canners Association]], [[Alaska Packers Association]] ...Del Monte''' or by the '''CalPak''' nickname) was a major canner and dried fruit processor founded in 1916. The company dominated the industry and Californ

==Cannery and Fruit Articles== August 6, 1919 San Jose Evening News: Weird Washer Cleans fruit at Flickinger's. (Image reversed in Google News Archive): [[Edith Daley Fl

|employer = [[Sorosis Fruit Company]], [[Winchester Dried Fruit]] |occupation = Orchardist, fruit dryer, and canner

...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

| successors=[[California Fruit Canners Association]] The company was merged into the [[California Fruit Canners Association]] in June 1899.

...e as it packed peas fresh peas for sales on the east coast<ref>Santa Clara Fruit Plants Employ 2000: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IhciAAAAIBAJ&sjid

| successors = [[California Fruit Canners Association]] ...rmed the cannery soon after. The company was merged into the [[California Fruit Canners Association]] in 1899.

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer '''C. L. Dick Dried Fruit'' was a dried fruit packer in the San Jose area from the 1930's through the 1950's. There's ev

...immigrant from New York who founded a grocery, meat-packing business, and fruit business.

...lden%20State%20Asparagus%20Company%22&f=false February 14, 1920 California Fruit News]</ref>.

...r =[[E. B. Howard & Company]], [[S. A. Moulton & Company]], [[E. E. Thomas Fruit Company]] | occupation =dried fruit packer, dried fruit seller

The '''Brelle Fruit Jar Company''' was a jar manufacturer in San Jose around the time of World ...pwYGADg&usg=AFQjCNHSHoXSviVlVcChOwyg5CaAMP69rQ&sig2=xqhiyaKBhCOZ81lMxwX8Eg Fruit Jar], patented June 8, 1915.</ref>

...es/year), [[Code-Portwood Canning Company]] (150,000 cases/yhear), Pacific Fruit Packing Company (150,000 cases/year), [[Golden Gate Packing Company]] (100, ...g to put any fruit under contract only days before canning would begin<ref>Fruit Growers About to Combine: [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC190005

...also fighting the [[American Can Company]], which was in harmony with the Fruit Canners' Association. They also found themselves unable to get cans on as f

...3#v=onepage&q=%22gus%20bradt%22%20cannery&f=false June 24, 1922 California Fruit News]</ref>. In 1922, Bradt accepted an offer to buy [[ Julius Landsberge

...age&q=j.h.%20hunt%20los%20gatos%20cannery&f=false March 9, 1918 California Fruit News].</ref>. Landsberger ran the [[American Goldy Stopper Company]], foun ...s%20Landsberger%22%20san%20francisco&f=false September 25, 1920 California Fruit News]</ref><ref>Pajama-Clad Man In Dash Through Depot: [http://news.google.

Mr. Macabee, with more than 20 years' experience in the fruit canning industry, makes an interesting guide through the process from recei ...arrangement of hours our situation is especially good. With an excess of fruit in one place we can divert the supply to another plant."

...s formed early this spring and bring to it their combined knowledge of the fruit industry. Each of them "grew up in the business." ...that his more than twenty years of like integrity and ability in the dried fruit industry, and together these successful business men blend experiences and

...25-627 Front Street in San Fancisco), and also an agent for the [[San Jose Fruit Packing]], with an office at 121 California Street. ...nia Fruit Canners' Association]] when that company acquired King-Morse<ref>Fruit Canners' Association:[[http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19000218.2

The company advertised for women to work for canning beans and fruit in August 1921<ref>August 12, 1921 San Jose Evening News</ref>.

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

|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

...umer concerns over cyclamates used as a less expensive sweetener in canned fruit<ref>Cyclamate Compensation. From [http://library.cqpress.com/cqalmanac/doc

|occupation = Dried fruit packer, canner ...golden%20gate%22%20%22hunt%20brothers%22&f=false April 13, 1918 California Fruit News].</ref>, but quickly left and teamed with E.N. Richmond to form [[Rich

The '''Fruit Pest Exterminating Company''' was an insecticide manufacturer in San Jose i "A company has recently been organized in San Jose, known as the "Fruit Pest Exterminating Company," with a capital stock of $10,000. Directors are

In later years, [[Stephen Zicovich]] also sold dried fruit. He later operated the Lincoln Winery at 971 West San Carlos in 1911<ref>[

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

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer ...itchell, Superintendent, and Ed Trojan, office manager. Winchester Dried Fruit's license was suspended around 1940 due to "claims of growers against the c

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

| primary_business = Fruit dryer '''William M. Bevins''' ran a fruit dryer on the Los Gatos Road (Bascom Ave.) in the 1890's. Bevins had also o

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

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer The '''Wayne Packing Company''' was an independent San Jose fruit packer appearing in 1907 and dissolved by 1912.

...ayward, Oceano and Milpitas, and another in the Imperial Valley. In 1935, Fruit Product Sales was shipping peas and tomatoes east at a rate of a few hundre

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer '''C. M. Webber and Company''' was a Chicago-based wholesaler, with a dried fruit packing plant in San Jose. The company appears in [http://digitalcollectio

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer ...%22pacific%20coast%20raisin%20company%22&f=false March 20, 1920 California Fruit News]</ref>.

...s]], an Armour-backed company intended to help the meatpacker get into the fruit business. After a long battle, Armour lost on anti-trust grounds. Campbel ...ge&q=%22central%20california%20cannery%22&f=false July 26, 1913 California Fruit News]. Vernon Campbell quoted.</ref>.

| aliases = California Dried Fruit Agency ...t%20Growers%20Association%20of%20Santa%20Clara%20Valley&f=false Eighteenth Fruit Grower's Convention]], November 20-23, 1894, Sacramento. Organized by Stat

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer | successors = [[C. L. Dick Dried Fruit]]

| aliases = California Cured Fruit Union ...ley<ref>Hayward fruit growers have formed a branch of the California Cured Fruit Association: March 26, 1900 San Jose Evening News.</ref>.

...pg=PA3#v=onepage&q=%22Tamal%20Packing%22&f=false March 18, 1922 California Fruit News].</ref>.

four standard brands of fruit — the Di Fiore, El Marino, Dominetta, and Cupertino, and he ships his pro

...http://sacoldcity.org/?page_id=7 Organization history.]</ref>. California Fruit Exchange was headquartered in Sacramento. ==California Fruit Exchange in San Jose==

| primary_business=Dried Fruit Packer '''California Green and Dried Fruit Company''' was a dried and fresh fruit packer in San Jose.

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer ...ne.com/photo/A989B7B2-E86A-4693-B23C-970537493803 photo of Los Gatos Cured Fruit Company, 1914]. History San Jose collection.</ref>

...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

New cannery in 1935 had equipment built by the [[Canned Fruit Machinery Company]] of San Jose.

The '''Moneta Canning Company''' was a fruit canner in Ontario, California. The company was founded by [[Vernon Campbe

...%20jose&f=false 1921 Canning Age].</ref>. The company packed tomatoes and fruit. The company apparently also had plans to pack meat<ref>News of the Packer ...=PA11#v=onepage&q=%22kirsten%20packing%22&f=false June 17, 1922 California Fruit News]</ref>. The Walnut Creek cannery was operated by Helmond and Franke i

| 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

...ries during his career starting in 1905. Laney was at Berkeley's [[Sunlit Fruit Company]] starting at least in 1912, and lasting through the company's purc

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

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

| successors=[[California Fruit Canners Association]] The '''California Fruit Preserving Company''' was a turn of the century cannery. It had formerly b

...//www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2010-01-27&file=Dried++Fruit.txt January 27, 2010 Tri-City Voice].</ref>. ...rily through two Sacramento wholesalers<ref>Joseph Baker, Editor,, Farming Fruit Growing, Stock Raising, Etc. In [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/h

...=sunsweet%20%22healdsburg%22%20-industrial&f=false May 15, 1920 California Fruit News]</ref>. ...q=%22zerillo%20packing%22%20healdsburg&f=false November 6, 1920 California Fruit News]</ref>.

The company canned fruit and vegetables, with peaches and cherries being common crops. Peaches were

| 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

...t to the East Coast. The company was a pioneer in refrigerated shipping of fruit in 1890, but battles with [[Armour and Company]] forced them to sell out qu ...company), and create a large fleet. The company found that the California fruit trade were particularly eager to use the new cars, and had two years of gre

| 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

Wierd Washer Cleans Fruit At Flickingers Dominating its 252 acres of fruit trees, the J. H. Flickinger Orchard cannery is a unique and interesting "fa

...cost California a "cool" million, is the estimate of one prominent Cambell fruit man.

Better Living Conditions for Fruit Workers ...ughout the valley, this year, things are being done for the welfare of the fruit workers which have never been done before. The whole trend seems to be to

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer, Cooperative The '''Los Gatos Fruit Growers Union''' was a fruit growers cooperative.

...pg=PP12&dq=delpech%20patchen&pg=PP12#v=onepage&q=delpech%20patchen&f=false Fruit Brandy Distillers of California, First District]. Directory of Grape Growe ...high one story building that will be used as a receiving room, and as the fruit is processed it will finally be placed in the large warehouse alongside the

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

|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

...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 ...=%22Sherriffs%20Brothers%22%20healdsburg&f=false March 25, 1922 California Fruit News].</ref>.

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.

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer The '''Alden Fruit and Vegetable Preserving Company''' was an early dried fruit packer formed in 1874<ref>Robert Couchman, The Sunsweet Story. Sunsweet, 1

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer | predecessors = [[Pioneer Fruit Company]]

...[[Ainsley Cannery]] in Campbell. The company was also involved in growing fruit, buying orchards in Lodi area around 1944. The company was well-known for fruit cocktail, which probably led to its purchase in 1948 by [[Dole]]<ref>[http:

...s enough string beans for the whole world! At the Greco plant six cars of fruit and vegetables rolled away at once-bound for Liverpool. Canned California

...“shoot the chutes” and sends the cans jingling and clattering down to the fruit room. This small boy looked as if he rather liked his clattery job. His w ...iners-and lo! an English product from California sun-kissed apricots. The fruit pits, which were only used for fuel six years ago are a cannery by-product

| primary_business = Fruit Dryer '''Bennett & Crawford''' was a fruit evaporator run by Charles W. Bennett and William I. Crawford.

| primary_business = Fruit Packer ...marks-number-71326844/medal-of-honor-trademark-owned-by-santa-clara-valley-fruit-exchange US Trademark 71326844]. Registered May 1932.</ref>

...,000 cases. That means more than 500 tons of string beans! Last season’s fruit pack equalled that of beans, about 50,000 cases, but this year it will go b ...canned, and this year the difficulty is getting enough of the lower grade fruit to fill orders.

...dignified high school professor from San Francisco happily at work on the fruit grader. There are sons and daughters of doctor, lawyer, merchant, chief, a ...t is thought a good average to get 50 per cent of the three high grades of fruit in the day’s pack, the apricots are running 80 to 82 percent high grade s

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer ...hing, Chicago, 1926.</ref> and in Concord (with control over the [[Concord Fruit Company]] in 1898). Alden Anderson also had an outpost in San Jose, showin

...the destruction of the following fruit canneries is reported: ... Presidio Fruit Canning Company, capacity 100,000 cases...".</ref>. ...years, ending June 30, 1906: ist of corporations in California] Presidio Fruit Canning Company was registered in California on July 22, 1904 with $40,000

...of California Fruit Union shippers, seven carloads of California fruit." Fruit sold included Muscat, Tokay, and Sweetwater grapes, Rose de Peru peach, cli ...nepage&q=%22california%20fruit%20union%22&f=false March 8, 1913 California Fruit Grower].</ref>.

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer [[File:abram_block.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Postcard view of Abram Block Fruit Packing House with lug boxes and wagons visible.]]

The '''California Selling Company''' was a fruit wholesaler based in San Francisco. ...ter Napa Valley Packing's plant burned in 1908. California Selling packed fruit under the previous company's name. California Selling was operated by [[Ge

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer | aliases=Lossckuhn and Larger Dried Fruit Packers and Shippers

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer '''A. E. Newby''' was a San Jose dried fruit packer. His business was listed in an 1896 city directory.

The company suffered $50,000 in damages during a fire at the [[Dawson Fruit Packing Company]], but $25,000 were supposedly covered by insurance<ref>The

...st could own 200 shares. The organization was modeled on the [[California Fruit Union]] by-laws.

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer ...nia Almond Growers Exchange]</ref> and dried apples<ref>Garcia and Maggini fruit display at Apple Show: [http://heritage.sonomalibrary.org/cdm/ref/collectio

...years, ending June 30, 1906: ist of corporations in California] Presidio Fruit Canning Company was registered in California on July 22, 1904 with $40,000

...ar organization for the raisin packers<ref>To Handle the Prune Output, New Fruit Association Organized: [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC18990129. ...page&q=pacific%20coast%20prune%20growers%20association&f=false 24th annual Fruit-Grower's Convention], December 13, 1899,</ref>:

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer,Cannery ...e son of a California immigrant; his brother, J.H. Herbert was also in the fruit industry. Herbert sold his [[George N. Herbert Packing Company]] packing

...neral manager."</ref>, and installed [[F. E. Laney]] (formerly of [[Sunlit Fruit Company]] and [[Virden Packing]] as manager.

...pute with the [[Andrews and Coykendall Ham Company]]<ref>Armed Men Guard a Fruit Drier: Excited orchardists who want pay for prunes sold to Costa Brothers:

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

| primary_business = Fruit Packer '''Leonard B. Husted''' was a Saratoga-based orchardist who also acted as a fruit packer and shipper in both 1902 and 1903. Husted's ranch was on Pierce Roa

| primary_business=Dried Fruit Packer '''Knowles Brothers''' was a San Jose-based dried fruit packer, run by [[W. C. Knowles]] and [[Frank J. Knowles]]. The company too

| successors = [[San Jose Fruit Packing]], [[California Fruit Canners Association]], [[California Packing Corporation]] ...r their efforts and inducements to get the company to open the cannery<ref>Fruit Growers About to Combine: [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC190005

...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 ...and shipper. The company was listed as a fruit shipper in 1896, and as a fruit packer in other years.

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer Little-known dried fruit packer. Appears in city directories in [http://digitalcollections.sjlibrar

| successors = [[San Jose Fruit Company]], [[Golden Gate Packing Company]] ...Dawson and Company]], which became the [[San Jose Fruit Packing| San Jose Fruit Packing Company]] in 1874. Dawson stepped back from the business in 1878,

...began work o peaches, with a full crew of 150 employees. A speciality of fruit salad is being put up by the company this year."</ref>||

...ompany billed itself as producing "canned fruits, tomato and prune juices, fruit nectar"<ref>1947 Polk's San Jose City Directory</ref>.

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer ...mpany. He will establish depots in a number of cities, bringing California fruit into market there.</ref>. Sanborn maps show the company in a two story bui

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer ...epage&q=z.%20t.%20croop%20mountain%20view&f=false April 3, 1910 California Fruit News].</ref>.

'''Monta Vista Packing Company''' was a Cupertino-based canner and dried fruit packer in the early 1920's. W. Allen was the superintendent. William W Br ...also hosted at least one University of California extension talk on dried fruit<ref>Prof. Cruess of U.C. Explains Dehydration to Growers: [http://books.goo

| 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>

...cCarthy%20cannery%20%22mountain%20view%22&f=false March 4, 1923 California Fruit News].</ref> The report claimed that others had offered to operate the ca

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.

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packing '''Madison and Bonner''' was a California-based dried fruit packer founded by James Madison and [[Charles G. Bonner]]<ref>1908 San Fran

...rsity Press, 1982</ref>. Fontana merged his cannery into the [[California Fruit Canners Association]] in 1899, and Fontana became general superintendent. ...the G. Ginocchio firm, a commission house, and a few months later he tried fruit growing with another Italian, but both ventures failed. Fontana's early car

.../ref>. The company shipped 18 cars of canned fruit in the 1886 season<ref>Fruit Going East: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=plUiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7aMFAAA ...connecting it to the railroad and increased production to 50,000 cases of fruit annually, employing 250 to 300 workers during the peak season. <ref>Los Ga

| primary_business = Fruit Shipper '''Dalton Fruit Storage Company''' was a fruit shipper in San Jose. The company's San Jose warehouse in 1896 had the same

...aner's dryer was a drop-off location for prunes for the [[California Cured Fruit Association]] in 1900<ref>Where Prune-Growers May Deliver Crops: [http://ch Shaner was an early supporter of the [[California Dried Fruit Association]] in 1888. Shaner also recommended the use of almonds as root-

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer '''J. F. Ulrich & Co''' was a dried fruit packer and nut oil processor in San Jose in the 1900-1910 range.

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer,Cannery ...ing at Third and Keyes during the 1919 season<ref>Wanted: Women to Work In Fruit: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1982&dat=19190919&id=DtgxAAAAIBAJ&s

| primary_business = Cannery, dried fruit packer ...Company was operating at Race and San Carlos (in the former [[E. E. Thomas Fruit Company]] plant, but burned to the ground on December 24, 1901<ref>Packing

| 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 The '''Gem City Packing Company''' was a dried fruit packer in Los Gatos. The company was probably founded in 1913 (based on th

Listed by this name (along with [[California Green and Dried Fruit Company]]) in 1900.

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer '''Elijah S. Whitney''' ran a fruit packing house in Los Gatos around 1900. Whitney was born in Maine, but move

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer ...ng from 1892 through 1917. The company was busy, packing 160 carloads of fruit in its final year<ref>F. H. Holmes: in Eugene T. Sawyer, [http://www.maripo

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer,Fresh Fruit Packer | successors = [[Armour and Company]], [[Di Giorgio Fruit Company]]

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer ...prices were down or the crops were poor, farmers were prepared to dry the fruit. William Mortimer shipped a special train of 10 cars of dried fruits and nu

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer and Canner ...lley started packing oranges in Riverside, California, pioneered the dried fruit industry, and eventually moved into canning. Founders were Willard M. Grif

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer ...fruit%20news&amp;pg=PA2#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=fals May 27, 1911 California Fruit News]</ref>

...he California Cured Fruit Association in 1900<ref>List of California Cured Fruit Association drop-off sites, [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066 ...87/1900-07-29/ed-1/seq-25.pdf list of delivery spots] for California Cured Fruit Association)

...=1&e=-------en--20--1--txt-IN---- San Francisco Call, October 25, 1895] : "Fruit warehouse of Frank D. Fiore at Berryessa burned at an early hour this morni

...that the deal involved millions of dollars, and would leave Libby with its fruit juices and specialty foods units that it operates under its Crosse & Blackw In 1916, the Dunkley Company sued many California fruit packers for infringing on the company's patents<ref>[[Central California Ca

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer '''E. B. Howard & Company''' was a dried fruit brokerage run by [[E. B. Howard]], with ties to the Armour meat-backing com

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer ...gins-Hyde Packing Company.]]'''Higgins-Hyde Packing Company''' was a dried fruit packer operating in San Jose and Campbell from about 1928 to 1933. The pri

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer ...or '''Sunmaid Growers of California''' is a Fresno-based co-operated dried fruit packer. The company was founded in 1912 by a set of local growers, managed

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

Henry G. Prince, the principal, had been a fruit salesman<ref>1900 United States Census</ref> and supposedly had learned the ...remembers that the Del Monte San Leandro was still canning some grades of fruit with H.G. Prince labels in the 1940's when he held summer jobs there.</ref>

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer '''H.E. Losse and Company''' was a dried fruit packer in San Jose, and the successor company to [[A. C. Kuhn %26 Company]]

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

| primary_business=Dried Fruit Packer '''O. A. Harlan & Company''' was a San Jose-based dried fruit packer in existence before 1917. The company was operated by [[Orrin A. Ha

'''W. C. Hamilton''' was a San Jose manufacturer of fruit graders, dipping baskets, field cars, transfer cars and turntables. ...rticle refers to the grader as nine to fourteen feet long<ref>The Hamilton Fruit Grader: [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=PRP18890713.2.25 July 13, 1

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

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer '''Stapleton-Spence''' is a modern dried fruit packer specializing in dried fruit and nuts.

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer [[File:Sorosis_Fruit_Company_1905.jpg | 240px | right | thumb | Sorosis Fruit Company, 1905. Alice Iola O'Hare photo]]

...was a fruit cannery run by Elton R. Shaw, supposedly known for their fancy fruit packed in glass jars and high-quality jams. ...q=%22hyde-shaw%20company%22%20san%20jose&f=false March 13, 1915 California Fruit News]. Shaw was "well known in California", and would be taking responsibi

...arehouse and Cold Storage''' was a refrigerated warehouse intended for the fruit packing industry. The plant existed for many years just east of San Jose's ...ny was founded in 1920 as a joint effort between several packing house and fruit businessmen, with the initial stock bought by the [[Herbert Packing Company

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer,Cooperative ...g peaches but forwarding figs to Fresno plant in 1922<ref>California Dried Fruit Packing Houses. In [http://books.google.com/books?id=2S0dAQAAMAAJ&dq=weste

...riculture and Forestry]. U. S. Senate, March 23 and April 21, 1922. "The fruit growers of this State have suffered extensively as a result of the Governme

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer | predecessors = [[Riverdale Fruit Company]]

The '''Stephens Fruit Case Company''' was a San Jose-based box maker run by A. Morse.

...roniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015104/1892-04-09/ed-1/seq-4/;words=Case+Fruit+Fruits+Stevens April 9, 1892 Sacramento Record-Union].</ref>. Officers of ...1-----all--- June 3, 1893 Pacific Rural Press].</ref><ref>John L. Stevens, Fruit Packing Case. [http://www.google.com/patents/US415074 U.S. Patent #415074A]

...r</ref>. Supposedly, peaches was one of their specialties. Both meat and fruit were ...g Company]] on Lincoln Ave. in San Jose for $115,000, hoping to use it for fruit and meat canning<ref>California Canneries: [[http://books.google.com/books?

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer '''Valley View Packing''' was a long-lived dried fruit packer based in San Jose run by the Rubino family (Joseph, Leo, Joe and Sam

| primary_industry = fresh fruit packer '''Valley Growers Exchange''' was probably a fresh fruit packer. The company was organized by Pasquale Silvestri, September 30, 194

...tain View-based cold-storage plant and pre-cooling facility handling fresh fruit. Pre-cooling plants lowered the temperature of fruits and vegetables from ...aking machinery, and handling sheds<ref>Pre-cooling Opens Up New Vistas of Fruit Prosperity: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RBlKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LyENAAA

...arvey managed the cannery at the time. The suit gives some details of how fruit was bought.</ref>

...<ref>ibid</ref>, Tri-Valley formed a joint venture with another California fruit and vegetable cooperative, [[California Canners and Growers]], to share the ...had one Modesto plant for tomatoes and two for peaches, apricots and other fruit<ref>[http://www.modbee.com/2010/07/11/1247704/the-bankruptcy-of-giant-farmi

...ttp://books.google.com/books?id=CS0dAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA36&lpg=PA36&dq=%22sunlit+fruit+company%22&source=bl&ots=D2tz_N465k&sig=e8M1oYRDuhL_vYkd9Dgt48cw76M&hl=en&s ...le than before."</ref>. A four hundred foot spur behind the plant allowed fruit and cans to be brought in, and product to be shipped out<ref>West Berkeley

'''Sun Garden Packing''' was a tomato, vegetable, and fruit canner in San Jose. The company operated from 1939 to 1996, finally closin

| Oakland || 1937 || 5901 East 14th Street<ref>Fruit Buyers, Packers and Shippers: [http://www.mocavo.com/Oakland-California-Cit

...nner and Packer]. "... organized along the same lines as the co-operative fruit producers of the State..."</ref>. The company appears to have worked with ...California. Canned goods were responsible for twelve million boxes, dried fruit 12.5 million, cantaloupes six million, and wine grapes twenty million. Bet

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer ...age&q=%22sanitary%20fruit%20company%22&f=false January 27, 1917 California Fruit News].</ref>.

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

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packers ...wspapers?id=7CoiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QaQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=820,2782774&dq=chilton+dried-fruit&hl=en September 12, 1903 Evening News]</ref>.

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer | successors = [[Virden Packing]], [[American Fruit Growers]]

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer ...other principal. The name varied: the company was listed as Phoenix Dried Fruit in 1904, and as "Phoenix Raisin Seeding and Packing Co" in 1906<ref>Oct 6,

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer ...re he built a dryer. The company was listed as a fruit packer in 1893, and fruit dryer in 1896

...acker [[Griffin and Skelley]], and eventually became [[Del Monte]]'s dried fruit plant, Plant #51.

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer ...n Francisco-based grocery wholesaler which turned into a significant dried fruit packer, operated by Albert N. Castle and Arthur H. Castle. In operation fr

....1# June 9, 1906 Pacific Rural Press]</ref>, losing 20,000 cases of canned fruit<ref>Hubert Russell, The San Francisco Horror. [http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ When [[J. K. Armsby]] lost agency for the [[California Fruit Canners Association]], they began representing Central California Canneries

...ugh 1916. Their Mountain View plant had formerly been the [[Mountain View Fruit Packing Company]]<ref>1891 Sanborn map</ref>; the building was vacant accor

In 1915, the cannery packed 1,500 cases of canned and dried fruit, two boilers, employed between 45-50 cannery workers during the season.... ...for the large pack that is expected. This big company is attracted by the fruit packing prospects in our valley and have chosen our town as a beginning poi

...670722&dq=hyde-packing&hl=en April 22, 1933]</ref>, and certainly produced fruit that season. (The FDA entered a judgement against the company in 1934 for

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

...n%20Leandro%20Canning%20Company%20Perillo&f=false April 3, 1920 California Fruit News].</ref>. ...eandro&pg=PA5#v=onepage&q=h.g.%20prince%20san%20leandro&f=false California Fruit News, June 10, 1922].</ref>.

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer,Cooperative The '''Campbell Farmer's Union Packing Company''' was a dried fruit packing co-operative located in Campbell.

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

| 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

| aliases = Cushing's Fruit Dryer '''S.R. Cushing Cannery''' was a cannery and dried fruit packer run by [[Stephen R. Cushing]] in San Jose's Willow Glen neighborhoo

| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer ...A. Coe. In 1891, the company expected to sell around 60 carloads of dried fruit<ref>Agricultural Notes: Santa Clara: [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&

...mpany grew from a single plant to the largest independent dried and canned fruit companies in the U.S., and one of California's four largest canners. ...[[E. N. Richmond]] company. Elmer Chase came from the canning side of the fruit business, and had operated the [[Golden Gate Packing Company]]. Chase, in

| primary_business = Fruit Dryer '''Col. Richard Parran McGlincey''' ran a fruit dryer and packing business on land southeast of downtown Campbell.

| successors = [[California Fruit Canners Association]] ...s, who had established the [[J. M. Dawson Packing Company]] and [[San Jose Fruit Company]]. Tilmann was the president of Tilmann & Bendel, a San Francisco-