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'''J. J. Shaner''' was a Santa Clara Valley fruit dryer, selling fruit primarily to the east coast<ref>J.  J. Shaner & Co.  In E. T. Brown and E. H. Overstreet,  [http://books.google.com/books?id=GylCAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA74&ots=mI8aw75F1Q&dq=%22j.%20j.%20shaner%22%20los%20gatos&pg=PA74#v=onepage&q=%22j.%20j.%20shaner%22%20los%20gatos&f=false  The San Jose Daily Herald Souvenir Publication: Horticulture, Viticulture]. Published by San Jose Daily Herald, 1890. The puff-piece mentions that Shaner was a drier, and sold fruit branded under his name.</ref>.  Shaner'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://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1900-07-29/ed-1/seq-25.pdf July 29, 1900 San Francisco Call]].</ref>.
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Shaner was an early supporter of the [[California Dried Fruit Association]] in 1888.  Shaner also recommended the use of almonds as root-stock for apricots<Ref>Edward James Wickson, [http://books.google.com/books?id=0WvZAAAAMAAJ&lpg=PA250&ots=raJmTx-AMr&dq=%22J.%20J.%20shaner%22%20los%20gatos&pg=PA250#v=onepage&q=%22J.%20J.%20shaner%22%20los%20gatos&f=false The California Fruits and How To Grow Them]. p. 250.</ref>.
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Shaner may have been Dr. John Junius Shaner, author of "The Character Builder", a religious tract<ref>Dr. John Junius Shaner, [http://www.archive.org/stream/characterbuilder028116mbp/characterbuilder028116mbp_djvu.txt The Character Builder], Melvin and Murgotten Publishers, San Jose.</ref>.
  
 
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Santa Clara valley dryer.
 
  
In San Francisco Call 1900 list of dropoff locations for [[California Cured Fruit Association]].
 
 
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Summary
Main Location

Los Gatos
Active

1890-1900

J. J. Shaner was a Santa Clara Valley fruit dryer, selling fruit primarily to the east coast[1]. Shaner's dryer was a drop-off location for prunes for the California Cured Fruit Association in 1900[2].

Shaner was an early supporter of the California Dried Fruit Association in 1888. Shaner also recommended the use of almonds as root-stock for apricots[3].

Shaner may have been Dr. John Junius Shaner, author of "The Character Builder", a religious tract[4].

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Los Gatos 1890, 1900

References

  1. J. J. Shaner & Co. In E. T. Brown and E. H. Overstreet, The San Jose Daily Herald Souvenir Publication: Horticulture, Viticulture. Published by San Jose Daily Herald, 1890. The puff-piece mentions that Shaner was a drier, and sold fruit branded under his name.
  2. Where Prune-Growers May Deliver Crops: July 29, 1900 San Francisco Call].
  3. Edward James Wickson, The California Fruits and How To Grow Them. p. 250.
  4. Dr. John Junius Shaner, The Character Builder, Melvin and Murgotten Publishers, San Jose.