located In the heart of California, our ranch is nestled alongside mosher creek in San Joaquin county. among majestic oak trees and wild blackberries, we have built and grown Mellor ranch for five generations. Quality, sustainability, and customer service are our top priorities. we’d love for you to take a tour of our crops below.

Cherries

Our cherries are available for local pick-up and limited delivery during harvest. We grow Rainier and Coral Champagne varieties. We cross pollinate with Black Tartarian cherries and have a limited production of this variety available during harvest. Our harvest begins in May. If you’d like to be notified and reserve your cherries click the button below to get on our list!

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Independence Almonds grown at Mellor ranch. Independence almonds are very large, high quality nuts which have a light color and yield an excellent sweet flavor and blanch well. Mellor ranch sustainable farming. Almonds, Almond, Almond Orchard, linden

Almonds

Almonds are our newest crop at Mellor Ranch. We grow the Independence variety with our first harvest planned for Summer 2023. This variety is unique, requiring one shaking and one harvest. Benefits include fewer passes in the orchard with a reduction of compaction and dust. Independence almonds produce very large high quality nuts which have a light color, yield an excellent sweet flavor and blanch well.

We grow Arbequina olives for oil. Our olives are harvested, processed, and sold right here in California. The Arbequina olive is originally from Catalonia, Spain. It produces a more delicate, fruity oil than other olive varieties, arbequina olives

olives

We grow Arbequina olives for oil. Our olives are harvested, processed, and sold right here in California. The Arbequina olive is originally from Catalonia, Spain. It produces a more delicate, fruity oil than other olive varieties. Arbequina goes well drizzled over meats to bring out their intense flavors. It’s great in salad dressings, pesto, and baking.

 
Our Chardonnay, Petite Sirah, Syrah, Malbec, and Cabernet Sauvignon wine grapes are grown in the Clements Hills AVA. All of our varieties are processed and bottled locally. Linden, California grapes. San Joaquin grapes. Mosher Creek grapes. winery.

Grapes

Our Chardonnay, Petite Sirah, Syrah, Malbec, and Cabernet Sauvignon wine grapes are grown in the Clements Hills AVA. All of our varieties are processed and bottled locally.

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Our walnut crops are of the Chandler variety. The University of California introduced the Chandler walnut in 1979 and named it after W. H. Chandler, Professor of Pomology, at U. C. Davis. Today it is the most prominent variety grown in California.

walnuts

Our walnut crops are of the Chandler variety. The University of California introduced the Chandler walnut in 1979 and named it after W. H. Chandler, Professor of Pomology, at U. C. Davis. Today it is the most prominent variety grown in California. The Chandler walnut is large, smooth and oval shaped with a good shell seal. Chandlers are known around the world and are highly prized by buyers for their extra light and high quality kernels. Harvested mid to late season, Chandlers provide one of the highest kernel yields of any of the varieties.