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 VINTAGE PEAR CRATE LABEL LIST PAGE 5

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
Pmrpear.jpg (32443 bytes) MR. PEAR Yakima, WA. Pear 1950's 6.75 x 10 $ 5.00
Pmthood.jpg (34991 bytes) MT HOOD Hood River, Or. Pear 1950's 7.25 x 10.5 $18.00
Pmtlassen.jpg (40768 bytes) MT. LASSEN Hamilton City CA. Pear 1940's 7.5 x 11 $10.00
Pmtshasta.jpg (48824 bytes)            
Pmyomy.jpg (27500 bytes) MY-O-MY S. F. CA. Pear 1950's 7 x 10 $ 5.00
PnanpakG.jpg (32375 bytes) NANPAK -green Medford, OR. Pear 1950-60's 7.25 x 10.5 $ 4.00
PnanpakR.jpg (31127 bytes) NANPAK -red Medford, OR. Pear 1950-60's 7.25 x 10.5 $ 4.00
Pnatomas.jpg (36136 bytes) NATOMAS RANCHO CORDOVA, CA. Pear 1950's 7.5 x 10 $ 8.00
PnobhillN.jpg (42656 bytes) NOB HILL -zip code S. F. CA. Pear 1960-70's 7.25 x 10.5 $ 6.00
PnobhillO.jpg (41693 bytes) NOB HILL -old S.F. CA. Pear 1940's 7.75 x 11 $12.00
Poldgold.jpg (26913 bytes) OLD GOLD Medford, CA. Pear 1950-60's 7.5 x 11 $ 4.00
Pohyes.jpg (40651 bytes) OH YES!          
Porchard.jpg (51559 bytes) ORCHARD Yakima, WA. Pear 1930's 7.25 x 10 $12.00
Poregonorchards.jpg (27800 bytes) OREGON ORCHARDS Medford, OR. Pear 1940's 7.5 x 10.5 $15.00
Pourpick.jpg (38327 bytes) OUR PICK Loomis, CA. Pear 1930's 7.25 x 11 $ 6.00
Poutofthewest.jpg (42921 bytes) OUT OF THE WEST Santa Clara, CA. Pear 1950's 7.5 x 10.75 $15.00
Ppaloalto.jpg (40940 bytes) PALO ALTO Santa Clara, CA. Pear 1950's 7.25 x 10.75 $12.00
Ppaonia.jpg (36145 bytes) PAONIA Paonia, CO. Pear 1930's 7.75 dia. circle $10.00
Pparadise.jpg (55253 bytes) PARADISE Suisun, CA. Pear 1920's 7.75 x 10.5 $65.00
Ppeacock.jpg (41191 bytes) PEACOCK -large bird Sacramento, CA. Pear 1960-70's 7.75 x 11 $ 6.00
PpeacockS.jpg (32347 bytes) PEACOCK -small bird Sacramento, Ca. Pear 1960's-70's 7.5 x 10.75 $ 5.00
Ppenryn.jpg (41633 bytes) PENRYN FRUIT CO. Penryn, CA. Pear 1940's 7.75 x 11 $15.00
Ppetesbest.jpg (38610 bytes) PETE'S BEST Hood River, OR. Pear 1940-50's 7.25 x 10.25 $ 6.00
Ppicopac.jpg (40068 bytes) PIC O PAC Medford, OR. Pear 1950-60's 7.25 10.25 $ 7.00
Ppiggypears.jpg (31629 bytes) PIGGY PEARS Medford, OR. Pear 1950-60's 7.5 x 10.5 $ 7.00
Ppinnacle.jpg (30987 bytes) PINNACLE Medford, OR. Pear 1950-60's 7.5 x 10.25 $ 7.00

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