Site of "City Gardens"—Nursery of Louis Pellier

Site of "City Gardens"—Nursery of Louis Pellier is a California Historical Landmark in San Jose, Santa Clara County.

North San Pedro and Chaboya Alley, San Jose · location approximate

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Pellier, native of Saint-Hippolyte, France, and founder of California's prune industry, came to California in 1849. In October 1850 he established a nursery called City Gardens. Here, aided by his brothers Pierre and Jean, who came over from France at a later date, he introduced the French prune—la petite prune d'Agen—into California during the winter of 1856-57.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

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Historical maps covering this location

1850 · Map of the mining district of California (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1865 · The Central Part of the State of California. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1873 · Composite: Map Of The Region Adjacent To The Bay Of San Francisco. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1876 · Santa Clara Co. 5. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1876 · Santa Clara Co. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Map of the mining district of California, 1850, covering the location of Site of "City Gardens"—Nursery of Louis Pellier, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Map of the mining district of California, 1850, covering this location. Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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