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 VINTAGE PEAR CRATE LABEL LIST PAGE 7

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
Pscottysbest.jpg (61874 bytes) SCOTTY'S BEST Dryden, WA. Pear 1940-50's 7.25 x 10.25 $25.00
Pskookum.jpg (33087 bytes) SKOOKUM Wenatche, WA. Pear 1950's 7.5 x 10.5 $15.00
Psnowfedblue.jpg (45128 bytes) SNO-FED -blue Wenatchee, WA. Pear 1920-30's 7.25 x 10.25 $17.00
Psnofed.jpg (44540 bytes) SNO-FED -red stripe Wenatchee, WA. Pear 1920-30's 7.25 x 10 $17.00
Psnoboy.jpg (31609 bytes) SNOBOY Yakima, WA. Pear 1950's 6.75 x 9.75 $ 6.00
Psnowcrest.jpg (48599 bytes) SNOW CREST Marysville, CA. Pear 1960-70's 7.5 x 11 $ 5.00
Psnowowlblue.jpg (32056 bytes) SNOW OWL -blue Yakima, WA. Pear 1930-40's 7.25 x 10.5 $ 9.00
Pstagecoach.jpg (42313 bytes) STAGECOACH -blue Medford, OR. Pear 1950's 7.5 x 10.5 $ 8.00
Pstarline.jpg (41863 bytes) STARLINE Kelseyville, CA. Pear 1930-40's 7.75 x 11 $ 9.00
PstarpointO.jpg (31554 bytes) STAR POINT -rays Kelseyville, CA. Pear 1940's 7.75 x 11 $15.00
Pstarpoint.jpg (34550 bytes) STAR POINT Kelseyville, CA. Pear 1960-70's 7.75 x 11 $ 4.00
Pstatue.jpg (39255 bytes) STATUE Suisun, CA. Pear 1940-50's 7.5 x 11 $ 6.00
Pstillwater.jpg (32642 bytes) STILLWATER Hood, CA. Pear 1940's 7.5 x 11 $ 7.00
Pstock.jpg (36272 bytes) Stock -three pears   pear 1920's 7 x 10.5 $ 6.00
Psummit.jpg (45331 bytes) SUMMIT -mountain bartlett Colfax, CA. Pear 1930's 7.5 x 11 $ 7.00
Psummitpears.jpg (48639 bytes) SUMMIT -pears Colfax, CA. Pear 1940's 7.5 x 11 $ 6.00
Psunsugared.jpg (29141 bytes) SUN SUGARED Medford, CA. Pear 1950-60's 7.5 x 10.5 $ 4.00
PsunsmileB.jpg (39067 bytes) SUNSMILE -blue Colfax, CA. Pear 1940's 7.5 x 11 $ 6.00
Psunsmile.jpg (46182 bytes) SUNSMILE -yellow Colfax, CA. Pear 1940's 7.5 x 11 $ 6.00
Psuremark.jpg (32528 bytes) SURE MARK S.F. CA. Pear 1950's 7 x 10 $ 5.00
Pswan.jpg (36749 bytes) SWAN Yakima, WA. Pear 1930-40's 7.25 x 10.5 $15.00
Pthachap.jpg (53153 bytes) T-HACAHA-P Sacramento, CA. Pear 1950's 7.5 x 10.75 $ 8.00

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