Naumes can recall by heart the stories, companies and people behind many of the labels in her collection. MEDFORD, Ore. — Inside a southern Oregon farmhouse, there are pears everywhere: a giant, ...

A Sno-Kist fruit crate label, shown here in a provided photo, from before 1918. The labels were used to advertise the iconic fruits of the Northwest before the advent of cardboard boxes. Before the ...

Pat Jacobsen got hooked on collecting things at the age of 8, when his dad gave him his stamp and coin collections. But he quickly realized that it was too expensive to add to his collections if he ...

Rising to popularity in the 19th century, these labels often depicted scenes of sunny California, where the produce originated.

The Duluth Crate Co. might not sound like much of a vessel for artistic creativity. But its founder and sole employee is quick to point out that the business’ name has less to do with the product he ...

TIETON — The latest vintage fruit label mosaic in town is new, but something about it looks old. Really old. As in Byzantine Empire old. The pieces of glass that make up the two big red apples on the ...

Larry Kotz has never been a farmer, but for decades he has been maintaining an antique collection that makes his den at home in Vernon, B.C., look like a lush orchard during harvest season. The ...

Sometime around 1962, a kid made his way through the citrus groves of Orange on his bike. When the fruit was in blossom and the air was redolent of the eucalyptus planted as a shield against the Santa ...

In normal times, completion of a three-year project to create seven large mosaic reproductions of Yakima Valley fruit labels would have prompted a big public celebration. Not so during a global ...

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YAKIMA, Wash. — Lifelong Yakima Valley resident Mike Doty collects fruit crate labels for the thrill of the hunt. “That’s what it’s all about. Stuff we’ve never seen before,” he said. Thomas Hull, a ...

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