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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. 

Stay Tuned…

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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.

Leland's Early Apple

Leland's Early Apple

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Very Early, Crisp, Abundant, Sweet, Some Tart, Good early eating and early applesauce

Beautiful Medium sized apple you can look forward to in July! The tree is very abundant and appears to have alternate bearing crops of larger better apples. You must pick quickly when they are ripe because like most early apples, they get mealy quick. Great for eating fresh and making apple sauce. At home in July, we take 3 or 4 early apple varieties and cook them down together to make the best applesauce! Other early varieties we offer include, 4th of July, Early Sweet Tart, NSJ King, Mitchelson's Seedling and Willow.

This apple tree grows on Leland's old homestead in Camptonville with many other old trees. Leland grew up in Camptonville, the son of the postmaster who became a postmaster himself. He knew everybody and all the town news. He was a WW2 fighter pilot, photographer, collector, historian, post master and many other things. In his later years he was considered the Camptonville town historian. We miss him dearly. Love you Leland, thanks for everything!

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