Description: First Fruits offers a fascinating look at the lives of Pacific Coast horticulturists Henderson, Jonathan, and Seth Lewelling.
Review Quotes: "First Fruits is a painstakingly detailed historical account of three brothers, who, skilled in the propagation and growth of fruit trees, pioneered their businesses and ever-burgeoning families westward in the 1800s. Though the Lewellings initiated their western travels for personal reasons, their Quaker principles certainly influenced the establishment of today's American ideals of freedom, commerce, leadership, and governance across the country. Henderson's, Seth's, and John's legacies live on within the bountiful fruit crops now produced throughout the western United States." --Kim E. Hummer, retired USDA ARS Research Leader, National Clonal Germplasm Repository