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Title
UC Blackwelder Tomato Harvester
Collection Guide (External)
Created Date
1960
Description
This film, from the Blackwelder Manufacturing Company Records, shows the UC Blackwelder tomato harvester in action. In 1949, UC Davis agricultural engineer Coby Lorenzen and UC Davis vegetable crops researcher Jack Hanna began work on developing a harvester and a tomato variety that could withstand the rigors of mechanical picking. During the 1950s, the UC Davis team refined the experimental harvester and in 1959 Blackwelder Manufacturing of Rio Vista, California commercialized the design. The tomato harvester is said to have saved California’s processed tomato industry in the 1960s.
Item or Container Annotations
Written on can: SORTING CLOSE UP REMOVED & SPLICED ON TO 1962 MOVIES FOR THE 1962 TOMATO BREEDERS ROUND TABLE.
Creators and Contributors
Creator:
Blackwelder Manufacturing Company
Subject Topic
Media Type
Format
16mm film
Extent
1
Reel
Generation
Original
Copyright Statement
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Country of Creation
United States
Contributing Organization
Call Number
D-326
Contributing Organization Contact Information
Email: SpecColl@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-1621
Phone: (530) 752-1621
Organization Websites
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