Coupled with technical know- Nation and has contributed greatly to how. it helped double the strawberry the struggle to achieve social. racial and crop. economic justice for all peoples. The San Jose area. with its good Mr. Speaker. for the early immigrants climate and good soil. early attracted from Japan. the Port of San Francisco Japanese farmers. although the earliest was the gateway to the United States. Japanese worked at the Dixon Cannery Just as for the immigrants from Europe. on Fifth Street in 1890. Three others America was the land of opportunity for leased land and went into the nursery some. of freedom for others. and of haven business. one of the earliest instances of for still others. Japanese leasing land. The Japanese have always been known By 1891. there were 100 Japanese work- for their love of nature. and of beautyers. which increased to 300 by 1892 and in flowers. in trees. in landscapes. etc. hit 500 in 1893. A noted fruit rancher And. the first immigrants from Japan name Hume first hired Japanese in 1893 brought with them this love of beautyand sang such high praises of them that and their contributions to horticulture in in 1894. there were upwards of 1.000 California and elswhere have brought workers. In 1895. there were 2.300. sur- beauty to the homes of many who otherpassing the earlier arrivals. the Chinese. wise might never have known flowers This area saw may early Japanese farm- and blossoms. ers in fruits. strawberry. vegetable and So. another industry in which Japaseed farming. nese had a major impact in California is Japanese involvement in agriculture the floriculture and nursery industry. In Alameda County took the form of Their history traces back to 1886. when floriculture. rather than the more con- Yoshike and the Domoto brothers began growing chrysanthemums and other flowers in the Oakland area.
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Japanese have always been known for their love of nature and beauty.