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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  are available for pre-sale through their website for the 2024/25 Bare Root Season 

Felix Gillet Collector Trees

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Below: the SOLD OUT Varieties listed are for informational purposes only. These are the trees and plants that we have re-discovered and sold over the years. They are the result of our passionate searches throughout Northern California, the Sierra Nevada and Western States to re-discover the historic, agricultural, living library still in existence. These trees and plants, left over from the 1800’s and early 1900’s Gold Rush era, were discovered on historic mining camps, ranches, and  homesteads. Most of these trees have become climate resilient with no human attention for the last 100 plus years. They give the best fruit and nuts in conditions that most fruit and nut trees cannot endure with large annual temperature variations.

These  grandmother trees have learned to thrive under the most harsh conditions, and with uncertain weather patterns.  It is our goal to make them available to growers, gardeners and communities throughout the West Coast.

We have personally taken cuttings directly from the 100+ year old grandmother trees that still cling to life in some, often deserted, historic orchards. The Felix Gillet Institute trees are very rare, 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. 

 You can become a Mother Orchard Supporter and help us in our efforts to discover more rare, historical trees and care for our collection of over 250 trees, by clicking on the Mother Orchard link above.

Ten of these varieties are available through Peaceful Valley Farm and Garden Supply this year 2024/25. 

Thank you for all your Support!

Richie's Red Beauty

Richie's Red Beauty

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We’ve yet to definitely identify this beauty, so we’ve named it after FGI volunteer arboreal archeologist Richie Marks, who discovered it barely surviving in a forest near Chicago Park. It is a succulent prune plum that goes from green to golden yellow to apricot-orange, and finally red. The rosy yellow flesh is sweet and delicious. Medium to large sized, and larger with irrigation. Deep, rich, succulent sweet flavor. Ripens in the shade in August at 2300'. Eat fresh, dry, plum sauce or jams. This one is going to be a hit! 

This little known variety is propagated from one scraggly tree near Chicago Park, Nevada County @ 2300’. This tree is surviving with no human care, encroached heavily by the forest, yet still producing nice crops of wonderful fruit. Chicago Park was a famous fruit shipping district at the turn of the 20th Century, shipping pears all over the U.S., but pear blight and pear decline, two major diseases, wiped out nearly all the pears in the 50’s and 60’s. Plums and prunes are not affected by this disease, and these have survived for your enjoyment.

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