History of Fruit Growing in the Pacific Northwest Felix Gillet Felix Gillet established one of the first fruit nurseries on the west coast of the United States in 1871, in Nevada City, California (about 50 miles northeast of Sacramento). Gillet is credited with providing the nursery stock that established the hazelnut industry in the Northwest. His stock was primarily introduced from European sources. More about Felix Gillet from the American Seed and Nursery Industry

Felix Gillet

Gillet's "Descriptive Catalogue and Price List of Plants and Trees" from 1880 included the following tree fruit and nut cultivars:

Almond Duchesse (Paper Shell) Apple Fenouillet Gris Gros (Large Api) Golden Reinette Ignonette Lady Apple Red Calville Reinette Grise Apricot Early Gros Rouge Late Beauge Cherry Guigne Marbree Bigarreau Grosse de Mezel Glossy Black Black Tartarian Napoleon Bigarreau (Royal Ann) Elton's Yellow (recently imported not available this season: Royal Early, Montmorency, Late Purple, Guigne, Queen Horteuse (Wonder of Holland), Early Black Guigne) Chestnut Marron de Lyon - from France Marron Combale - from France American Chestnut Filbert (Hazelnut) Red Aveline White Aveline Grosse of Piedmont Sicily Medlar Monstrueuse

Mulberry Noir of Spain (Everbearing Black Mulberry) Peach (all from France) Grosse Mignonne Early Purple Nivette Pavie de Pomponne Red Madeleine Pear Duchesse d'Angouleme Beurre Clairgeau Doyenne d'Hiver (Easter Beurre) Passe Crassane Bergamotte Royale d'Hiver Winter Nelis (recently imported, few trees available this season: Blanquet le Gros, Martin Sec (Winter Rousselette), Catillac, Passe Colmar, Bergamotte Esperen, Beurre Goubaut, Colmar d'Aremberg, Doyenne d'Alencon)   Plum White Green Gage Blue Green Gage D'Oulin's Green Gage Duane's Purple Damson German Prune (recently imported not available this season: Royale de Tours, Mirabelle La Grosse, Monsieur, Early Yellow, Prune d'Agen)  Walnut Præparturiens (Fertile) - introduced 1871 Late Walnut (Serotina) After Saint John Walnut (de la St. Jean)

Joseph Postman
National Clonal Germplasm Repository - Corvallis
16 December 2002