Fruit Basket

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What Is A Packing House?

2011 Articles, Food Fun

by Zachariah Zendejas

Whenever someone from out of state comes to the Valley, they always ask what a packing shed (or house) is, and many even check into touring one. Even some natives of the Central Valley are a little sketchy on what a packing house is. Whenever you are driving down a road there always seems to be a truck hauling some fruit somewhere.

Fruit Basket of the World

2010 Articles, Community, Reedley News

by Rocky Rogers

It’s been five years since I came to Reedley. I had never heard of nor knew about a place known as the Fruit Basket of the World. My only question is how did I never hear of a place that produces so much of the world's stone and citrus fruits?