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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 for pre-sale through their website beginning the 2024/25 Bareroot Season 

November 11, 2024 

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The SOLD OUT Varieties listed below are for informational purposes only, ones we have sold over the years, and 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 and 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, 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. 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.

Ten of these varieties will be available through Peaceful Valley Farm and Garden Supply this year in our 2024/25 Collection. 

Thank you for all your Support!

Forest Asian Pear

Forest Asian Pear

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This is a medium sized, juicy, crunchy, sweet pear of Asian heritage with green to yellow skin and off white flesh. Like all Asian pears, this variety combines the familiar pear flavor with the crunchiness of an apple. This fruit ripens in late August to mid September at the 4,500 feet. It stores for about a month. May also be a good candidate as rootstock for other pears, as Asian pears have been historically utilized in this manner to produce slightly dwarfed pear trees. Some resistance to fireblight and very drought tolerant.


The now completely wild, non irrigated mother tree grows in the town of Forest in Sierra County, CA at 4500'. Forest was a very productive and vibrant gold mining camp founded in 1852. Forest was also called "Forks of Oregon Creek". The present name of Forest was derived not from the magnificent forest of conifers surrounding it, as is generally supposed, "but from a Mrs. Forest Mooney, the wife of Captain Mooney". This woman had a knack for writing newspaper articles, and invariably signed her journalistic contributions "Forest City". Today, Forest is full of antique pears, apples and cherries that we will be introducing over the next several years.

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