California Fruit Growers' Exchange notebook, c.1920.

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California Fruit Growers' Exchange notebook, c.1920.

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Notebook kept by George Harold Powell while he was general manager of the California Fruit Growers Exchange. Includes detailed statistics from approximately 1893-1920 on the California citrus industry, including citrus shipments, crop yields, acreage, frost damage, imports, costs, supply, consumption, railroad freight rates, profit sharing, sales, and international imports and exports. Some statistics are also included on citrus growers in Australia, Cuba, and Canada. Statistics primarily relate to oranges and lemons.

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Powell, George Harold

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George Harold Powell (1872-1922)received B.S. and M.S. degrees in agriculture from Cornell University in 1895 and 1896, and worked as the pomologist in charge of fruit storage and transportation investigations for the U.S. Department of Agriculture from 1904-1906. In 1911 he served as secretary and manager of the Citrus Protective League of California and from 1912-1922 was general manager of the California Fruit Growers Exchange (later Sunkist Growers, Inc.). In addition to various articles on ...

California Fruit Growers Exchange

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