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Towards A Climate Resilient Food Economy:

We have passionately searched the Sierra Nevada and Western States to re-discover the living library of plants still scattered across Northern California, those trees and plants left over from the 1800’s and early 1900’s Gold Rush era.   These are the grandmother trees that have become climate resilient with no human attention for the last 100 years. They give the best fruit and nuts in conditions that most fruit and nut trees can not endure with large annual temperature variations. These  grandmother trees have learned to thrive under the most harsh conditions. We want to make them available to growers, gardeners and communities throughout the West Coast.

We have personally found these trees and have taken cuttings directly from the 100+ year old grandmother trees that still cling to life in ghostly, historic orchards. We offer very rare and exclusive plants – some may have only just been rediscovered.

95% of plants available during the 1800s are no longer available today.  We are saving what is left before they die. 

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Thanks to Peaceful Valley Farm and Garden Supply (originally started by our founder Amigo Bob Cantisano), a collection of some of our favorite species and varieties will be available through Peaceful Valley Farm and Garden for the 2024/25 Bareroot Season. 

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The SOLD OUT Varieties listed below are for informational purposes only. These are many of the plants we have found and sold over the years. While some of these varieties will be available this Autumn, many will not. 

Hope is on the Horizon.

We will have historic fruit and nut trees available for preorder

November 1, 2024.

Thank you for all your Support!

Orders only accepted via the website.

Cox's Red Flesh - Crab Apple

Cox's Red Flesh - Crab Apple

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This is the most Unique and Beautiful Crab Apple we have ever seen! Very Rare.

This sweet tasting crab apple almost looks like a small Red Delicious but it has brilliant red flesh inside! We were very excited to find this apple tree barely alive on an 1860's Ranch and Gold Mining Site. For being almost dead, 7' tall, cut down, re-sprouted and living in the shade, it is doing pretty good and has put on quite a bit of apples over the past couple years.

Found along the Gold Rush Trail, aka Highway 49, the Golden Chain Highway, near Downieville. Downieville is historically one of the most important and colorful towns of the Northern Mines. Gold deposits were discovered in 1848-49. The spot where the town later developed went through several names, including The Forks because it is located where the North Fork of the Yuba and Downieville Rivers meet. In the spring of 1850 the town had 15 hotels and gambling halls, 4 bakeries, 4 butcher shops, and every piece of ground was claimed. In 1851 it had in excess of 5,000 inhabitants. Philo Haven and Francis Anderson were credited with being among the first to discover gold a short distance above the Jersey Bridge. It recieved 10 less votes than Sacramento in its bid to be the State Capitol.

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