Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >, George Shirley
> > wrote:
>
>
>>Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>
>>>In article >, nutNhoney
> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>(snip)I was thumbing through the flyers and see another brand,
>>>>Golden Harvest. These come with the lids already on, something I
>>>>don't think I would care for. I think this could cause sealing
>>>>problems later. The box is only a half box with the tops covered
>>>>with shrink plastic similar to a case of pop.
>>>
>>>Kerr changed to that packaging last year. I don't like it. Have
>>>had no problems with non-sealing lids. I think Alltrista makes
>>>all the brands. Jorge? Care to correct me if I'm wrong? Bob?
>
>
>>I don't think they make the Golden Harvest jars Barb, at least they
>>don't show as an Alltrista product on their products page.
>
> (snip)
>
>>George
>
>
> George, according to this info from the Federation of Historical Bottle
> Collectors FAQ file, they do. I don't know how current the information
> is. Interesting, that's all. :-)
>
> <http://www.fohbc.com/FOHBC_FAQ.html>
> "What is a Ball Jar?
> A canning jar or fruit jar made by Ball.
>
> These canning jars were made by the Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing
> Company, The Ball Corporation and now Alltrista Corporation.
> Generally these jars will have the word Ball embossed in the glass.
> (Some people may use the name "Ball Jar" to describe any type of
> canning jar. This is technically incorrect).
>
> The Ball Brothers started making fruit jars beginning in 1884 in Western
> New York . Their first jars showed the BBGMCo monogram. This monogram
> was used until 1886. From the early 1890's until 1962, they made their
> canning jars in Muncie Indiana. From about 1900 to 1940, Ball acquired
> many other fruit jar making companies . The company name was changed to
> The Ball Corporation in 1969. Other plants were located in many other
> cities including El Monte, California, Mundelein, Illinois, Asheville,
> North Carolina. Since 1993. the Alltrista Corporation has been
> manufacturing the Ball glass canning jars. They also make Kerr,
> Bernardin and Golden Harvest canning jars. Alltrista's home canning
> product line can be found at www.homecanning.com."
>
> OTOH, This U of ILL doc says GH is made by Anchor:
> http://www.solutions.uiuc.edu/factsheets/FP02_07.pdf
>
> http://www.anchor1.com/home_can.htm seems to bear that out.
>
> Beats me.

Looks like Anchor Hocking makes the Golden Harvest Jars. Anchor Hocking,
to my knowledge, has been making canning jars for dogs years and are
completely independent of Alltrista. I have a number of AH jars in my
pantry that I inherited and some I bought at garage sales. I reckon
Golden Harvest is their later brand name. The old jars have AH in a
circle on the bottom of the jar the Golden Harvest have two numbers on
the bottom. Golden Harvest also has their insignia on the side with
Golden Harvest on top and mason underneath it. Reckon it doesn't really
matter as they're all probably made to the same specifications.

Oh yeah, a word search on Alltrista's site gives you no answer for
"Golden Harvest".

George