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[Douglas Woodard <dwoodard@becon.org>]

Sam, I believe that you are thinking of "Wealthy" which Peter Gideon 
bred. Duchess of Oldenburg certainly was very important for many years 
after its importation and was a great boon to both farm families and 
town dwellers in colder areas, especially for sauce and pie which were 
more important in earlier times.

Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada


Brungardt, Sam wrote:
> Duchess of Oldenburg is the cultivar upon which Peter Gideon of
> Excelsior, Minn., founded the state's apple industry.  Certainly not as
> popular as it once was, but some growers still produce a limited amount
> of this cultivar. -- Sam Brungardt, St. Paul, Minn.

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