Sido grew up on an old homestead with many Gillet fruit and nut trees, and says this is her favorite plum. A medium sized plum with amber flesh. Sweet and delicious. The fruit in the picture are a bit unripe and get darker amber in color. The grandmother tree finally fell down in the winter of 2016 after many years of being propped up. Although we haven't been able to taste it ourselves, we are planting a few here to save the genetics for future generations

The grandmother tree was a very persistent 110+ year young specimen growing at 2800’ in a mixed Gillet homestead orchard in Camptonville,Yuba County, a vibrant mining town of the mid 1800’s, still populated with many Gillet trees. Camptonville was also the home of Lester Pelton, who in 1870 invented the Pelton wheel. Lester changed the course of human evolution by inventing the device for making hydroelectric power. Camptonville is a fascinating old mining camp, with many Gillet trees. We will be introducing more from this area in coming years.