Fruit and Vegetable Labels

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Magnify the lower left hand corner of this label and you will see a copyright year of 1927. That was a peak year business wise for Entiat Wenoka Growers Inc.  The company existed up until 1960, when it's packing plant was purchased by Welch (Welch's) Apple Co.

(These labels can be made larger in size by clicking on them.)

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The Bob Allen Company in Raymondville, Texas is mentioned by name in a couple of internet places, but there is negligible information on the business. Suffice to say that it was in production during the 1940s and leave it at that. 

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According to an unnamed AI source:

The Bell Fruit Company in Brooksville, Florida, was a prominent early 20th-century citrus operation founded by J.J. Bell Sr., a key figure in Hernando County’s citrus industry. Known for shipping high-quality tangerines and oranges, the company operated during the "golden era" of Florida citrus labels (1900–1939), producing brands like "Bell's Best" and "Gold Brook".

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Alturas, Florida was home to a large citrus fruit industry back in the 1920s & 30s. They still have one there actually, perhaps not as large, but more modern and high tech.

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The University of Florida Digital Collection states that :

The BabiJuice crate label was a brand for Florida citrus, specifically orange juice, packed by the BabiJuice Corporation of Florida, based in Orlando, Orange County. The label, dating to approximately 1938–1942, was used during the height of the Florida citrus crate label era (1920s-1950s) and was printed by the Schmidt Litho. Co. in San Francisco, California.

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Some online info on the Battaglia Fruit Company:

Founded in 1950 by Sylvester "Batt" Battaglia, the Battaglia Fruit Company was a premier Winter Garden, Florida, citrus shipper based on Plant Street. It became a top-10 state shipper, operating from 1950 to 1977 before transitioning to development in the 1980s due to major freezes. The company is now Battaglia Group Management,

And the crate label:

The Carillon fruit crate label was a vibrant citrus brand used by Florida packers, often featuring musical imagery (like bells) to signify premium quality. Popular from the 1920s to the 1950s, it was one of many colorful labels, such as Pheasant or Wren, used to identify packing houses and market fruit across the US before cardboard replaced wooden crates.

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Information gained from looking up Andrew Duda and his sons:

Founded in 1926 in Slavia, Florida, by Slovak immigrant Andrew Duda and his three sons (John, Andrew Jr., and Ferdinand), A. Duda & Sons grew from a humble 40-acre celery farm into an international agricultural and real estate corporation (DUDA). The family helped establish the Slovak Lutheran community of Slavia, later diversifying into citrus, sugar cane, and developing the master-planned community of Viera.

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I found some info on the corporate history of the Marion County Citrus Company. (From an unknown AI source.)

Establishment: The company was officially incorporated as a Florida profit corporation on February 20, 1936.

Branding: During the 1930s (the Depression era), the company was well-known for its "Hearts Delite" brand of Florida citrus fruits, which featured distinctive crate labels used for shipping.

Dissolution: The company was involuntarily dissolved on November 4, 1988, a period following several severe freezes that devastated the local industry.

[JUAN]

I don't want to get political, but several of the last companies featured in Florida went out of business because of the cold.  That makes me question global warming.  Around 1900, the suburbs on the south side of Jacksonville were Orange Park, Mandarin, and Fruit Cove - all because they were filled with citrus groves.  No more.  It's too cold.

[PolkaDot]

I don't want to get political, but several of the last companies featured in Florida went out of business because of the cold.  That makes me question global warming.  Around 1900, the suburbs on the south side of Jacksonville were Orange Park, Mandarin, and Fruit Cove - all because they were filled with citrus groves.  No more.  It's too cold.

Global warming is the ice melting…everywhere.
The citrus groves and grape & olive harvests are climate change.