Wealthy Apple Tree USDA Zone_8 The raised russeting resembles tiny

The raised russeting resembles tiny daggers linked with a fine mesh

Extremely hardy tree

wine-like flavor

coarse-grained and crisp

The Api were often called lady apples

Wealthy Apple Tree USDA Zone_8 The raised russeting resembles tinyUSDA Certified Organic Horticulturalist Peter Gideon grew the first Wealthy apple tree in 1868. Gideon sent the family's last dollars to an apple grower in Bangor, Maine, and got a bushel of apple seeds in return. Just one of these seeds, crossed with Gideon's Siberian crab apple, produced the apple that Gideon later named the Wealthy apple, after his wife, Wealthy Gideon. The Wealthy apple tree was the earliest apple to thrive in the Minnesota