New fruit label book published

"Extra Fancy, The Label Art of the Pacific Northwest" has just been released.  This is the long-awaited effort by Pat Jacobensen. 

Jacobensen is acknowledged as the expert on fruit crate labels of Washington and Oregon and his book will be a great resource for fruit crate label collectors.

"Extra Fancy" is described as the "most definitive work available on the subject of Crate Label Art in the Northwest and has taken more than twenty years to compile.  It provides thousands of facts about the history of the great Northwestern Territory, how agriculture re-formed the landscape and how the apple became king of fruits."

Jacobsen's efforts resulted in a book of 540 pages, 1,500 illustrations, 100,000 words of text and features labels from British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.  He claims it is the real history of the Northwest.

Chapters include:

• The Oregon Territory
• Washington State
• Eras of Label Design
• Label Regions
• Neighboring States
• The Packing Process
• Types of Products
• What Makes A Good Label

"Extra Fancy" can be ordered by sending $63.85 (including shipping and handling) to: Thomas P. Pat Jacobsen, P.O. Box 791,Weimar, CA 95736 .  It can also be ordered at fruitcratelabels.com.