No Parking in Cherry Glen Traditional Cache
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No Parking in Cherry Glen
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Parking available nearby on this stretch of the old Lincoln Highway. There is a fair amount of traffic, so be stealthy.
J.M. Bassford came here from Napa in 1868, in search of an area where cherries would ripen early. He found that fruit would mature sooner at the mouth of this small canyon than on adjacent farms. The fruit grown here was for many years the first fruit grown in California to reach market. His orchards gave Cherry Glen its name.
Bassford went on to serve in the state assembly in 1894.
While the first 10-pound boxes sometimes sold for as much as $100 each on the East Coast, the highest price ever paid for one cherry occurred in 1906. J.M. Bassford donated one box of cherries to be auctioned off for the relief of the San Francisco earthquake. The first cherry brought a price of $105, while the total for the box came to $2,452 for the Aid Relief Fund.
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