History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . vely. Harrison Crumrine is a pioneer of Ventura County, having located there in was educated in the grammar and high schools of Ventura, and since enteringthe business world has followed the citrus packing industry very closely and bycentralizing his efforts along a single line he has achieved marked success as a six years he was manager of the Santa Paula Citr
History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . vely. Harrison Crumrine is a pioneer of Ventura County, having located there in was educated in the grammar and high schools of Ventura, and since enteringthe business world has followed the citrus packing industry very closely and bycentralizing his efforts along a single line he has achieved marked success as a six years he was manager of the Santa Paula Citrus Association and in 1911 becamemanager of the Leffingwell Packing House, on the Leffingwell ranch near La was in 1915 that Mr. Crumrine accepted the position of manager of the La HabraCitrus Association. This plant is now the largest in Orange County, and its phenom-enal growth in business, since Mr. Crumrine took charge, emphasizes his fitness forsuch an important post. The excellent business judgment and fidelity to details he hasexhibited and his wise, tactful and courteous treatment of the employes is conclusiveproof that the directors of the association made no mistake when they chose HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY 1457 Crumrine as their manager. There was but one section to the plant when he tookcharge; now there are four. One hundred forty cars each of lemons and oranges wasthe maximum shipment in a season, but through his efficient management there werepacked during 1919, 425 cars of lemons and 375 cars of oranges. He predicts that thenext three years will see 800 cars of lemons and 600 of oranges packed and shippedeach year by this association. The management contemplates the building of a neworange house in 1921, to care for its anticipated increase in business. The La Habra Citrus Association is composed of 170 growers, who represent2,000 acres of land devoted to citrus culture, and it maintains a fumigating and pickingdepartment. A Mexican colony has been
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