First Fruits: The Lewellings and the Birth of the Pacific Coast Fruit Industry

by Linda Ziedrich

First Fruits offers a fascinating look at the lives of Pacific Coast horticulturists Henderson, Jonathan, and Seth Lewelling. Traveling across the Overland Trail--Henderson to Oregon in 1847, with a wagonload of fruit trees, and Seth and John to California three years later--the brothers would establish themselves as pioneers in the West's growing fruit industry. By recounting how Henderson planted the first orchard of grafted fruit trees...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1962645304
• ISBN13: 9781962645300
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Oregon State University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.