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Big Chief brand apple box label

Big Chief brand apple box label

The Okanagan Valley Land Company packed ‘C’ grade apples under the Big Chief label.
Lake Country’s packinghouses, from 1913 to present

Lake Country’s packinghouses, from 1913 to present

By 1911 there were almost 1,000,000 apple trees in the Okanagan. Packinghouses opened throughout the valley, and over the next fifty years at least twenty packinghouses operated in […]
OK Apples brand box label

OK Apples brand box label

The OK Apples brand box label was used by the Vernon Fruit Union packinghouses.
A. P. brand apple box label

A. P. brand apple box label

The switch from wooden to cardboard boxes also saw the end of the brightly coloured apple box labels such as this one from Alex Phillip’s orchard in Oyama. […]
Modern Methods of Packing Apples and Pears, 1913

Modern Methods of Packing Apples and Pears, 1913

Modern Methods of Packing Apples and Pears, by A. McNeill, Chief, Fruit Division. Published by Direction of the Hon. Martin Rurrell, Minister of Agriculture, Ottawa, Ont., June 1913.
Packing School Certificate

Packing School Certificate

Certificate issued to M. Cochrane at the Vernon packing school, August 5, 1918.  
Bluebird brand apple box label

Bluebird brand apple box label

The Bluebird brand was packed at the Seaton packinghouse in Winfield.    
Winoka Cooperative Exchange packing box end and box stamp

Winoka Cooperative Exchange packing box end and box stamp

The Okanagan Centre packinghouse was operated by the Winoka Cooperative Exchange from 1948 to the early 1960s.
Apple Packing Championships, 1952

Apple Packing Championships, 1952

The fourth annual apple packing competition for the Canadian championship was held at Oliver, BC, November 3rd, 1952. Mrs. Anne Peterman of Oliver won the 1952 competition, with […]