Carmelita Bradley

Apples to Oregon by Deborah Hopkinson, Illustrated by Nancy Carpenter

"Being the (slightly) true narrative of how a Brave Pioneer Father brought apples, peaches, pears, plums, grapes and cherries (and children) across the plains."

Authors Note

...the first apples trees really did come to Oregon in a wagon. In 1847 a pioneer named Henderson Luelling left Salem, Iowa, with his wife, Elizabeth, and eight children, and a wagon carrying seven hundred plants and young fruit trees. The family settled in Milwaukie, about six miles south of Portland, Oregon, where they planted Oregons first orchard.

Today, fruit orchards remain an important part of Oregons economy."