Gillet’s Plant Introductions

The Following is a list of the species that Gillet offered in his catalogs and introduced to West Coast Agriculture.

Click on the species for specific varieties names.

Note: In our research we discovered that he also had and introduced many other varieties than were not listed in his catalogs!

Apples – 25 varieties

Apricots – 10 varieites

Blackberries – 3 varieties

Cherries – 27 varieties

Chestnuts – 13 varieties

Citrus – 2 varieties each of lemon and orange

Figs – 16 varieties

Filberts – 14 varieties

Grapes – Table and Raisin – 13 Varieties

Grapes – Wine – 228 Varieties

Mulberries – 8 varieties

Nectarines – 4 varieties

Olives – 3 Varieties

Peaches (Cling) – 3 Varieties

Peaches (Freestone) – 21 Varieties

 Pears – 29 Varieties

Pecans – 2 Varieties

Persimmons – 3 varieties

Plums – 21 varieties

Prunes – 24 varieties

Quince – 2 varieties

Raspberry – 2 varieties

Roses – 25 varieties

Silkworms – 2 varieties

Strawberries 

American Strawberries – 21 varieties

Dutch Strawberries – 1 variety

English Strawberries – 15 varieties

French Strawberries – 19 varieties

German Strawberries – 1 variety

Gillet Hybrid Strawberries – 6 varieties

Walnuts Varieties – 21 varieties

Other Crops from Gillet

Artichoke

Bamboo

Butternut

CA Black Walnut

California Lilies

Currants

Elm

Fruitless Mulberry for silkworms

Gooseberries (64 vars in one catalog!)

Hawthorn

Hickory

Holly

Lemon

Mandarin

Medlar

Poplar

Rhubarb

Sorbus