Henderson Luelling

Henderson Luelling
Henderson Luelling, Quaker nurseryman and orchardist who planted the first orchard of grafted fruit trees in Oregon and founded Fruitvale, California

Henderson William Luelling (April 23, 1809 – December 28, 1878) was an American horticulturist, Quaker, abolitionist and early settler of what is today Oakland, California. He introduced varietal fruits to the Pacific coast,[1] first to Oregon[2][3] and later to California, and gave the Fruitvale district its name. In his later years, he led a utopian community from California to Honduras, only to encounter overwhelming adversity, which sent him back to California.

  1. ^ Horner, John B. (1919). Oregon: Her history, her great men, her literature. Corvallis, Oregon. pp. 109–110.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Cardwell, James Robert (1906). "The First Fruits of the Land (Part 1)" . Oregon Historical Quarterly. 7 (1).
  3. ^ Gaston, Joseph (1912). The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811–1912. Vol. 1. Chicago: The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 368.