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 VINTAGE PEAR CRATE LABEL LIST PAGE 3

Having been raised on a family farmed pear orchard, I have a certain affinity for them, especially Placer County.  There are a few extremely avid pear label collectors, however the number is not large, and often centralized to a certain growing region.  For the most part, pear packing plants moved to cardboard boxes for pear labels sometime in the 1960's.  The smaller plants or ranch packs waited longer due to the expense of upgrading their facility.  A few labels in this group have zip codes.  Zip codes are one of the definite lines in dating labels.  It became mandatory to include zip codes in the government marking requirements some time in the 1960's.  Often you will see the same exact label with and without a zip code.  Also you may see overprints on the label.  This was done in situations were there were quite a few left over and it was economical to overprint rather than waste.

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IMAGE BRAND CITY TYPE APPROX. DATE APPROX. SIZE PRICE
Pelrio.jpg (50248 bytes) EL RIO S. F. CA. Pear 1960's 7.5 x 11 $ 4.00
Pelmar.jpg (26812 bytes) EL-M-AR Suisun, CA. Pear 1930-40's 7.5 x 11 $18.00
Pelmwood.jpg (53591 bytes) ELMWOOD Sacramento, CA. Pear 1960-70's 7.5 x 10.75 $ 4.00
Pembarcadero.jpg (58291 bytes) EMBARCADERO San Jose, CA. Pear 1930-40's 8.5 x 11 $12.00
Pfederated.jpg (44840 bytes) FEDERATED Lake County, CA. Pear 1930-40's 7.5 x 10.5 $12.00
Pfoothills.jpg (61422 bytes) FOOTHILLS Rogue River, OR Pear 1920-30's 7.5 x 11 $10.00
Pfarwest.jpg (41006 bytes) FAR WEST Seattle, OR Pear 1940's 6.5 x 10 $10.00
Pfruitbowl.jpg (38779 bytes) FRUIT BOWL Yakima, WA. Pear 1950's 7.25 x 10 $ 7.00
Pgem.jpg (39663 bytes) GEM Sacramento, CA. Pear 1940-50's 7.5 x 11 $ 4.00
Pgoldcircle.jpg (46150 bytes) GOLD CIRCLE Suisun, CA. Pear 1940's 7.5 x 10.75 $ 6.00
PgoldcrestD.jpg (39723 bytes) GOLD CREST Marysville, CA. Pear 1960-70's 7.5 x 11 $ 4.00
Pgoldcrest.jpg (31595 bytes) GOLD CREST Sacramento, CA. Pear 1940's 7.5 x 10.75 $ 7.00
Pgoldnugget.jpg (39258 bytes) GOLD NUGGET Lodi, CA. Pear 1960's 7.5 x 10.75 $ 4.00
Pgoldenbosc.jpg (38421 bytes) GOLDEN BOSC Medford, CA. Pear 1940's 7.5 x 11 $ 8.00
Pgoldenrod.jpg (46779 bytes) GOLDEN ROD Yakima, WA. Pear 1940's 7.25 x 10.5 $12.00
Pgoldenrange.jpg (39057 bytes) GOLDEN RANGE Suisun Valley, CA. Pear 1940's 7.5 x 10.5 $ 4.00
Pgreenbluff.jpg (47020 bytes) GREEN BLUFF Mead, WA. Pear 1940's 7.75 x 10.75 $10.00
Pgoldenspur.jpg (36273 bytes) GOLDEN SPUR Yakima, WA. Pear 1940's 7.5 x 10.5 $ 7.00
Phighhand.jpg (21889 bytes) HIGH HAND Loomis, CA. Pear 1960-70's 7.25 x 11 $ 6.00
Phighhill.jpg (33202 bytes) HIGH HILL Placerville, CA. Pear 1960-70's 7.5 x 10.25 $ 4.00
Phustler.jpg (33892 bytes) HUSTLER Sacramento, Ca. Pear 1940's 7.75 x 11 $ 8.00
Phyvalley.jpg (47042 bytes) HY VALLEY Yakima, WA. Pear 1960's 7.25 x 10 $ 5.00
PindependentW.jpg (49501 bytes) INDEPENDENT -white Yakima, WA. Pear 1940's 7 x 9.75 $ 5.00
PindepentdentB.jpg (44377 bytes) INDEPENDENT -blue Yakima, Wa. Pear 1940's 7 x 9.75 $ 5.00

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