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  • From: Douglas Woodard <dwoodard@becon.org>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] What's in an apple name?
  • Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:52:47 -0400

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.

[snip]




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