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My database (of 3700 apple cultivars) came up with the following:
Crown Jewel: maintained by Christian Hometeading Movement and Frank Foltz
Jewel: Mentioned in Edible Apples of Prairie Canada:
"(baccatta X Yellow Transparent) Saunders. Fruit 3.5cm, yellowish with a
pale red cheek. Quality good. Considered hardy at Indian Head (1955)
(Hybrids of Jewel with Duchess, Gibson , October, Simbirsk, Tetchinsk and
Tetofsk at Brooks. (Not resistant to Fire blght. Extremely winter hardy)"
Jewel Duchess: Held in Canada
Jewel Rideau: Mentioned in Edible Apples of Prairie Canada
Red Jewel: Geneva Rep
Winter Jewel: New cultivar bred by Frank Foltz
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