Shiping Rose Sstock By Rail - Questions?


SUVCWORR@...
 

To add to Tony's question,

Did they ship only carload lots to wholesalers or did they ship lcl to retailers as well?

Rich Orr

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Bob Chaparro wrote:

For those of you who have any interest in this, what questions would
you like to have answered about shipping rose stock by rail?


To what extent, and in what seasons, might the stock have been

shipped in express reefers vs. standard refrigerators? Was the stock

shipped under standard refrigeration protection, or some other

protective service



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Gene <bierglaeser@...>
 

Would the shipments have been exclusively in Santa Fe cars or any available car?

Where did the shipments go?

Did an entire car load go to one consignee?

Gene Green


Anthony Thompson <thompson@...>
 

Bob Chaparro wrote:
For those of you who have any interest in this, what questions would you like to have answered about shipping rose stock by rail?
To what extent, and in what seasons, might the stock have been shipped in express reefers vs. standard refrigerators? Was the stock shipped under standard refrigeration protection, or some other protective service

Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA
2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com
(510) 540-6538; fax, (510) 540-1937; e-mail, thompson@...
Publishers of books on railroad history


Bob C <thecitrusbelt@...>
 

For a number of years the Howard Rose Company in Hemet, CA, shipped rose stock all over the country from the Santa Fe's San Jacinto Branch. This was a very large rose stock producer that once had over three million plants and a dedicated packing house. They shipped their stock in refrigerator cars.

In the coming weeks I will be interviewing the son of one of the company's original owners. He worked at the company during the time period when rose stock was shipped by rail and currently is the President of the local historical society.

For those of you who have any interest in this, what questions would you like to have answered about shipping rose stock by rail?

Bob Chaparro
Hemet, CA