Title:
Flats of peaches drying in the sun, near Turlock, California, circa 1925.
Creator:
Unknown
Subject:
Agriculture -- California -- Central Valley (Valley) -- History
Fruit -- Drying
Peach -- California -- Turlock
Peach industry -- California -- Turlock
Description:
"Frames" made of chicken-wire encased with wood are full of cut peaches and laid out in rows to dry in the sun. Sun-drying
was the method used to preserve the fruit and the wire on the bottom of the frames allowed the air to circultate which helped
the process. Once dried, the farmers had more flexibility as to when and where the crops could by sold. By 1917 there were
enough large canneries in operation that most of the fruit was sold to them for processing and resale.
Publisher:
California State University, Stanislaus. University Library. Special Collections
Date:
circa 1925
Type:
image
Format:
1 photographic print; 10 x 12 cm.
Identifier:
cturs_033
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Turlock (Calif.);
Rights:
public domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.