Atlantic Fruit Company

The Atlantic Fruit Company was an American shipping company formed in 1905 by Joseph Di Giorgio in Baltimore.

[1] Di Giorgio arrived in Baltimore from Sicily in 1899.

When he moved to California in 1911, the business was worth $12 million.

Di Giorgio and his business became partners with the Vaccaro brothers of Standard Fruit Company and formed the Mexican American Fruit & Steamship Company in 1923.

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