13 WAYITWAS-2000-14 eng Goerke-Shrode, Sabine Trial and error determined success of orchards 2000-03-27 Orchards have been a part of Solano County's landscape for more than 150 years. Beginning with the first pioneers, settlers brought in plants, exchanged seeds and cuttings with friends and neighbors, experimented with different varieties to see how these adapted to the soil and climate, or even tried to create new strains and varieties. vacahc@gmail.com 14 00099802378 Publication/Article CaVaHC http://www.solanoarticles.com/history/index.php/vhcdb/14/ Read Article http://www.solanohistory.net/articles/14/14.1.pdf PDF Document