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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.

Christmas Pearmain Apple

Christmas Pearmain Apple

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An 1893 English variety. The medium sized, oblong fruit has a greenish base color with a deep orange to red flush and strong russet dots that resemble stars in the sky. It has juicy, crisp, yellow flesh with good, sweet, rich flavor. The best flavor emerges when stored about a month to ripen. Sweet but with refreshing sharpness. A very good eating apple, one of Jenifer's favorites. Easy to grow, with few problems, it crops well, increasingly as it matures. Harvest in late September to mid October at 2800', will keep ‘til January. Reliably self fertile, but will make the best crops when pollinated. Average vigor with upright form. A spur bearer suitable for cordons & espaliers, or full size tree. Blooms have good frost resistance.

The grandmother tree is a vigorous 110+ year specimen growing at 2800’ on the old Ram Ranch, established in the mid 1800s, but no longer in existence. The tree is huge. Located outside of Camptonville, CA overlooking the North Fork of the Yuba River at 2700', this large, very tall grandmother tree, was planted next to an old barn where it undoubtedly provided food for the family and ranch hands. The surrounding hillsides were covered in winegrape vines, providing an abundant supply of raw material for the on-ranch winery and still, and ultimately saloons along the Sierra Nevada. During Prohibition, the still was destroyed by the Feds and most of the vineyards were ripped out. This wise old tree, a hundred plus years later still remains, continuing to produce an abundance of wonderful food.

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