Great article on 19th century nurseryman Felix Gillet

[castanea]

This is a link to a very interesting 213 page PDF prepared by the Felix Gillet Institute that discusses some of the many contributions made to west coast fruit and nut growing by nurseryman Felix Gillet:

www.homeorchardsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/evening-1-Amigo-Cantisano-Felix-Gillet-Institute.pdf

There's a lot of information on the plants that Gillet introduced and some of the old trees that are still around.

[philagardener]

Thanks for pointing us to that.  Both an amazing plantsman and an amazing recovery/restoration project! They are propagating many of his original varieties; folks can sign up for their catalog/mailing list at felixgillet.org/