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Visiting a Pear Orchard Triggers Interest in Fruit Crate Labels, Part 2

September 11, 2016 No Comments

This is part two of a two-part series about fruit crate labels. Part 1 of the series was about the early history of fruit crate labels. “Accidental Artifacts” In the excellent Pat Jacobsen’s Millennium Guide to Fruit Crate Labels, the author calls fruit crate labels “accidental artifacts.” It’s a good description. They were never meant […]

Art, Food History

Visiting a Pear Orchard Triggers Interest in Fruit Crate Labels, Part 1

September 5, 2016 1 Comment

(Disclosures: the farm tour was a pre-conference excursion arranged by the International Food Bloggers Conference. Although I paid to go on the excursion, it is possible that California Endive or the California Pear Board provided some subsidies to reduce participants’ costs. In addition, I received a discount on the registration fee in exchange for writing […]