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| aliases = Ernst Luehning Company | | aliases = Ernst Luehning Company | ||
| + | | successors = [[Sunsweet]] | ||
| primary_dates = 1900-1922 | | primary_dates = 1900-1922 | ||
| − | | brands = Sanitas | + | | brands = Sanitas<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=52tRAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA11&ots=e6rh1iGzek&dq=patent%20%22california%20prune%20and%20apricot%20growers%22&pg=PA11#v=onepage&q=patent%20%22california%20prune%20and%20apricot%20growers%22&f=false July 20, 1918 issue of California Fruit News]</ref> |
| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer | | primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer | ||
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| + | ‘’’Pacific Fruit Products’’’ was a dried fruit packer in San Jose and Campbell in existence from 1901 through around 1917. The company was either an alias or a subsidiary of the Ernst Luehning Company, a Suisun-based packer. The company produced dried fruit, almonds, jam, and marmalade<ref>July 28, 1900 Pacific Rural Press</ref><ref>1922 Directory of San Francisco Manufacturers.</ref>. | ||
| + | Luhening had been in the fruit business in Suisun since at least 1896 when Luehning moved from Newcastle, California. The company had a large plant in Suisun by 1900<ref>July 28, 1900 Pacific Rural Press</ref>. | ||
| + | Luehning was still president of the company in 1914<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=CnpRAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA7&ots=g8UcfmzbLw&dq=ernst%20luehning%20peach&pg=PA7#v=onepage&q=ernst%20luehning%20peach&f=false October 10, 1914 California Fruit News]</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Pacific Fruit Products in the Santa Clara Valley== | ||
| + | Pacific Fruit Products appears to have initially been operated out of a former livery stable in Campbell (later occupied by the [[Santa Clara Valley Fruit Company]]), both from mention of the former occupant<ref></ref> as well as receipts for firewood shipped by Hihn in Santa Cruz<ref>Hihn papers, U.C. Santa Cruz.</ref>. In 1903, the company built a packing house along the former South Pacific Coast railroad line on the southwest side of San Jose, billed as the Ernst Luehning Company<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YjAiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IKQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5327%2C6171438 June 25, 1903 San Jose Evening News] </ref>. | ||
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| + | That plant, at 740 West San Carlos Street San Jose plant, was a large three-story barn-like structure, with grader on fourth floor, bins and grader on 3rd, bins and processor on 2nd, warehouse on first, and box and shook assembly in a separate building. The plant had a sulfur house on 3rd floor, and separate boiler house with 6000 gallon tank on the east side of the building. The plant’s address usually appears in city directories as “at San Carlos St. and the narrow gauge railroad tracks”. | ||
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| + | The company’s San Jose dried fruit packing house was a contract packer for the [[California Prune and Apricot Growers]] (Sunsweet) in 1917. The company also packed peaches for the [[California Peach Growers]] in 1916<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=f4ozAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8u4HAAAAIBAJ&dq=pacific-fruit-products&pg=6474%2C2429799 July 22, 1916 Lodi Sentinel]. “A selling contract has been entered into with this firm to handle the peach output from the Santa Clara Valley in the packing house at San Jose."</ref> and cherries for the [[California Fruit Exchange]] in 1920<ref>To Market Cherries: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yx8yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MeQFAAAAIBAJ&dq=pacific-fruit-products&pg=3011%2C4830474 April 24, 1920 San Jose Evening News ]</ref>. The plant was sold to Sunsweet in 1922 for use as a shipping and receiving station<ref>Western Canner and Packer</ref>. | ||
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| + | Sawyer's 1922 history of Santa Clara County notes that | ||
| + | James Edwin Blaurock was the manager of the San Jose plant. Blaurock arrived in San Jose in 1911, and became plant manager in 1916. In 1922, they were packing for Sunsweet during the season, and also maintaining a jam department and packed cherries and other green fruit | ||
| + | <ref>James Edwin Blaurock. In Eugene Sawyer, [http://www.sfgenealogy.com/santaclara/history/scchist12.htm History of Santa Clara County], Historic Record Co.,1922.</ref>. Blaurock continued as a packing house manager, and shows up in the same job on the 1930 U.S. Census. | ||
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| + | ==Pacific Fruit Products in Suisun== | ||
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| + | Pacific Fruit Product’s Suisun plant existed from at least 1900, sharing the town with a J.K. Armsby plant<ref>History of the Solano and Napa Counties, California, 1912</ref>. A 1916 article<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=f4ozAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8u4HAAAAIBAJ&dq=pacific-fruit-products&pg=6474%2C2429799 July 22, 1916 Lodi Sentinel ]</ref> mentioned that the plant had been rented to the [[California Peach Growers]], and described it as: | ||
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| + | "The plant will handle three cars of peaches a day and has a storage capacity of 2,000 tons. The peaches from Marysville and the Northern San Joaquin Valley will be handled at this packing house. A selling contract has been entered into with this firm to handle the peach output from the Santa Clara Valley in the packing house at San Jose." | ||
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==Locations== | ==Locations== | ||
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| − | | San Francisco || 1919, 1922 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=112%20Market%20Street,San%20Francisco 112 Market Street] || | + | | San Francisco || 1918<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=52tRAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA11&ots=e6rh1iGzek&dq=patent%20%22california%20prune%20and%20apricot%20growers%22&pg=PA11#v=onepage&q=patent%20%22california%20prune%20and%20apricot%20growers%22&f=false July 20, 1918 issue of California Fruit News]</ref>, 1919, 1922< || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=112%20Market%20Street,San%20Francisco 112 Market Street] || |
Santa Marina Building. | Santa Marina Building. | ||
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| − | | San Jose || | + | | San Jose || 1900-1922 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=740%20West%20San%20Carlos%20Street,San%20Jose 740 West San Carlos Street] || Leased to [[Rosenberg Brothers]] in 1906, leased to [[American Fruit Product Company]] in 1903. |
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[[Category:West San Jose]] | [[Category:West San Jose]] | ||
Revision as of 17:04, 4 February 2014
| Business |
Dried Fruit Packer |
|---|---|
| Active |
1900-1922 |
| Brands |
Sanitas[1] |
| Aliases |
Ernst Luehning Company |
| Successors |
Sunsweet |
‘’’Pacific Fruit Products’’’ was a dried fruit packer in San Jose and Campbell in existence from 1901 through around 1917. The company was either an alias or a subsidiary of the Ernst Luehning Company, a Suisun-based packer. The company produced dried fruit, almonds, jam, and marmalade[2][3]. Luhening had been in the fruit business in Suisun since at least 1896 when Luehning moved from Newcastle, California. The company had a large plant in Suisun by 1900[4]. Luehning was still president of the company in 1914[5]
Pacific Fruit Products in the Santa Clara Valley
Pacific Fruit Products appears to have initially been operated out of a former livery stable in Campbell (later occupied by the Santa Clara Valley Fruit Company), both from mention of the former occupantCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content as well as receipts for firewood shipped by Hihn in Santa Cruz[6]. In 1903, the company built a packing house along the former South Pacific Coast railroad line on the southwest side of San Jose, billed as the Ernst Luehning Company[7].
That plant, at 740 West San Carlos Street San Jose plant, was a large three-story barn-like structure, with grader on fourth floor, bins and grader on 3rd, bins and processor on 2nd, warehouse on first, and box and shook assembly in a separate building. The plant had a sulfur house on 3rd floor, and separate boiler house with 6000 gallon tank on the east side of the building. The plant’s address usually appears in city directories as “at San Carlos St. and the narrow gauge railroad tracks”.
The company’s San Jose dried fruit packing house was a contract packer for the California Prune and Apricot Growers (Sunsweet) in 1917. The company also packed peaches for the California Peach Growers in 1916[8] and cherries for the California Fruit Exchange in 1920[9]. The plant was sold to Sunsweet in 1922 for use as a shipping and receiving station[10].
Sawyer's 1922 history of Santa Clara County notes that James Edwin Blaurock was the manager of the San Jose plant. Blaurock arrived in San Jose in 1911, and became plant manager in 1916. In 1922, they were packing for Sunsweet during the season, and also maintaining a jam department and packed cherries and other green fruit [11]. Blaurock continued as a packing house manager, and shows up in the same job on the 1930 U.S. Census.
Pacific Fruit Products in Suisun
Pacific Fruit Product’s Suisun plant existed from at least 1900, sharing the town with a J.K. Armsby plant[12]. A 1916 article[13] mentioned that the plant had been rented to the California Peach Growers, and described it as:
"The plant will handle three cars of peaches a day and has a storage capacity of 2,000 tons. The peaches from Marysville and the Northern San Joaquin Valley will be handled at this packing house. A selling contract has been entered into with this firm to handle the peach output from the Santa Clara Valley in the packing house at San Jose." </ref>
Locations
Location Years Address Details San Francisco 1912 210 California New can
San Francisco 1918[14], 1919, 1922< 112 Market Street Santa Marina Building.
San Jose 1900-1922 740 West San Carlos Street Leased to Rosenberg Brothers in 1906, leased to American Fruit Product Company in 1903. Suisun (1912, 1916) 1912, 1916 References
- ↑ July 20, 1918 issue of California Fruit News
- ↑ July 28, 1900 Pacific Rural Press
- ↑ 1922 Directory of San Francisco Manufacturers.
- ↑ July 28, 1900 Pacific Rural Press
- ↑ October 10, 1914 California Fruit News
- ↑ Hihn papers, U.C. Santa Cruz.
- ↑ June 25, 1903 San Jose Evening News
- ↑ July 22, 1916 Lodi Sentinel. “A selling contract has been entered into with this firm to handle the peach output from the Santa Clara Valley in the packing house at San Jose."
- ↑ To Market Cherries: April 24, 1920 San Jose Evening News
- ↑ Western Canner and Packer
- ↑ James Edwin Blaurock. In Eugene Sawyer, History of Santa Clara County, Historic Record Co.,1922.
- ↑ History of the Solano and Napa Counties, California, 1912
- ↑ July 22, 1916 Lodi Sentinel
- ↑ July 20, 1918 issue of California Fruit News