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.
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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.
Noir d'Espagna (Spanish Black) Widely regarded as the best tasting mulberry. This is the famed selection of Morus Nigra that Felix Gillet introduced to California in 1868. His original catalog describes them as “Very Large, Black, Sweet and Rich, Intensely flavorful." The fruit are fully ripe when they turn jet black and lose a bit of their shine. It is considered to be 'ever-bearing' and bears a continuous crop from July into late September. Slow grower, likes drainage.rare We have found a few of these trees scattered around the Gold Country area, including North San Juan, Grass Valley and Marshal Gold Discovery State Park. The trees can get 30+ feet wide and equally tall. It is a slow growing tree and has been very difficult to propagate, but we have finally figured out a system and we will be producing more of these horticultural gems in the future. Plant is about 1-2 ft high in 1 gallon pots. The magenta stain of the 'Noir d'Espagne' can be washed off!
Noir d'Espagne
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