Fruit Box Labels: An Illustrated Price Guide to Citrus Labels

Fruit Box Labels: An Illustrated Price Guide to Citrus Labels

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Paper labels to identify the brand name and packing location of boxes of fresh citrus fruit were first used in Southern California in the 1880s. These labels replaced the earlier methods of identifying shipments of citrus fruit; stenciling, stamping or burning the brand information on the wooden-crate ends or the tops of wooden barrels.