About Dave Wilson Nursery

Established by Dave Wilson in 1938 on a small piece of rented ground near Modesto, our company has grown to become one of the largest growers of deciduous fruit, nut and shade trees in California.

Our growing grounds are located east of Modesto in the Sierra Nevada foothills, near the town of Hickman.

Dave Wilson Nursery grows trees for both commercial orchards and the home garden trade.

We maintain three sales departments and provide the highest level of professionalism and integrity in the industry.

Dave Wilson Nursery is still a family owned and operated company. John Wynne, Dave Wilson's son-in-law, joined the company in 1950 and became a partner with Dave in 1951. John purchased the nursery's main office site along the Tuolumne River in 1967.

««« Dave Wilson & John Wynne

Robert Woolley, John's son-in-law, joined the nursery in 1981 and in 1989, Robert and his wife Jane (Dave Wilson's granddaughter) acquired the company. Dave Wilson Nursery became a California corporation in 1999.

 ««« Robert with the 2002 walnut crop

In 1995, we moved our regional office and variety test block from Selma to its present location east of Reedley, California. We currently are farming more than one thousand acres, on a four year rotation, growing over two million trees a year.

To accommodate increased production and allow for longer periods of cover cropping in between nursery stock, Robert and Jane purchased Red Rock Ranch in 1996.

         ««« Dave Wilson in 1952

From the Archives:
Here's a price list from our 1961 catalog -