sorting or grading of pickles according to size". The factory was located at the intersection of Lincoln and Berwyn avenues, and a special "pickle train" ran on the Chicago and North Western line to pick up its employees. The farm employed a number of laborers who had immigrated to the United States from central and eastern Europe. As of 1903, workers earned an average of $1.25 per day, or approximately $ today; some earned as little as 25 cents, or around $. The Nursery property was a golf course by the late 1920s, but the Pickle Company continued operations thereafter. Lyman Budlong had reportedly made at least $1.5 million (approximately ) from the Nursery as of his death . Mid-century and sale George L. Hathaway was Budlong's longtime president. In 1945, Hathaway was presented with an award by the National Pickle Packers Association for demonstrating "outstanding fairness … in procuring pickles for the armed forces". Budlong had operations in Columbia, Mississippi, as of 1936; and in Ora, Indiana, as of 1940. In 1958, it merged with a Green Bay, Wisconsin–based food company specializing in pickles, which was later acquired by Dean Foods (now part of Dairy Farmers of America). Present day Although the Nursery and Pickle Company no longer exist, a Chicago-based restaurant has taken on the Budlong name. The budlong hot chicken was founded in 2015 by restauranteur Jared Leonard (SSC Hospitality) & currently has 5 stores in Chicago. References Condiment companies of the United States Food and drink companies based in Chicago Manufacturing companies based in Chicago Defunct companies based in Chicago Pickles 19th-century establishments in Illinois Food and drink companies established in the 19th century 1958 disestablishments in Illinois American companies disestablished in 1958