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.
Felix Gillet offered three species of persimmons in his catalogs: Dispyros kaki, D. lotus and D. virginiana. Our cultivars are Dispyros Kaki and are grafted to D. lotus. It has been very challenging to learn to propagate persimmons successfully, but perserverance furthers! Persimmons are naturally slow growing and very long lived. They are extremely hardy and resistant or immune to diseases and pests, except for bears! It is important to regularly and deeply water them when they are young, but on a good, deep soil, they can eventually be dry-farmed. They are self-fertile and do not require pollenizers. They need well drained soil and will grow on a wide array of soil types. Late blooming, they miss most frosts, with ripening in October and November. Stunning foliage and fruit in Fall, on the tree and on the table. Fruit best harvested using pruners or clippers.Persimmon
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