The Last of the Prune Pickers Author:Tim Stanley Mom always told me Natie Californias were called prune pickers, but many other native Californias said they'd never heard of that. Well, before the Santa Clara Valley of California was known as Silicon Valley there were orchards of pears, apricots, and prunes. There were thousands of farms of all sizes. This is the story of what preceded thos... more »e farms, how they came into being and how they thrived. It is also the story of one of the last of those farms, of the farmer, and of some of the young boys and girls who had the privilege of working for him.« less