Marno Dutton Recalls Giant Apples at Cruikshank Orchard

Marno Dutton Thompson, who spent vacations as a child when the Duttons had the Cruikshank place leased, recalls apples so large she could eat only one half of one at a time. William Cruikshank Sr. planted this orchard in about 1860. It was his son Billy Cruikshank who discovered gold in Los Burros. Mrs. Cruikshank died there and lies buried near a tall pine above the old orchard.