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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.

Triomphe de Vienne (formerly the Motherlode Bartlett)

Triomphe de Vienne (formerly the Motherlode Bartlett)

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The Triomphe de Vienne is an enormous Bartlett-type pear with sweet, buttery, melting flesh that gives off a floral perfume and has a slightly spicy aroma. Medium grained, firm but melting flesh. Excellent flavor with little to no astringency. Ripens in late summer at 3100' with a consistent annual harvest. This extremely large, delicious pear is a feast unto itself. The mother tree lives in Dutch Flat, in an old orchard originally tended by the Chinese community.

The grandmother tree grows in Dutch Flat, Placer County, CA at 3100’. Dutch Flat was founded by German immigrants in 1851 and was once one of the richest gold mining locations in California. Its location next to the transcontinental railroad made it a natural for shipping fruit to the East, thus the proliferation of orchards in the area. This beautiful old town is absolutely full of heirloom fruit and nuts, many from Gillet’s nursery. We will be introducing other favorites in the coming years. A true goldmine of history is Dutch Flat.

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