Wealthy Apple Tree

Wealthy Apple is one of the great old American antique apples — developed in Minnesota circa 1860 by Peter Gideon specifically for the brutal northern winters that eliminated most apple varieties of his time, producing a cold-hardy, productive September apple with crisp, juicy white flesh occasionally marked with attractive pink flecks and a lively, vinous flavor with light fruity tones that makes it one of the finest all-purpose antique apples available. Outstanding for pies, crisps, and sauces in the kitchen, and exceptional for cider where the vinous character adds genuine depth and complexity. Organic options available. A pollinator is required.

Lively Vinous Flavor — The All-Purpose Antique Kitchen Apple

Wealthy’s “vinous” flavor is one of the most evocative and accurate descriptors in the apple world — a complex, wine-like quality with light fruity tones that makes the fruit interesting and multi-dimensional in a way that straightforwardly sweet or tart apples aren’t. That complexity makes it outstanding across every kitchen application: the tartness holds up in pies and crisps without becoming sharp, the vinous character adds depth to fresh-pressed cider and hard cider blending, and the firm, crisp flesh produces excellent applesauce with genuine character.

Peter Gideon’s Minnesota Creation — Cold-Hardy to Zone 4

Peter Gideon was a pioneering Minnesota apple breeder who spent decades selecting and developing apple varieties that could survive Minnesota winters — a challenge that eliminated most cultivated apple varieties of the 19th century. Wealthy was his masterwork: an apple that combined genuine cold hardiness with the flavor complexity and kitchen utility that made it worth growing. Developed circa 1860 and still in home orchards 165 years later, it stands as one of the most enduring achievements in American apple breeding.

Pink-Flecked White Flesh — Distinctive and Beautiful

The crisp, juicy white flesh with its occasional pink flecks is one of Wealthy’s most charming visual qualities — a distinctive internal appearance that varies from fruit to fruit and adds visual interest to sliced fresh fruit, tarts, and any presentation where the interior of the apple is visible.

Why Growers Choose Wealthy Apple

• Lively vinous flavor with light fruity tones — complex, multi-dimensional antique apple character
• Outstanding for pies, crisps, sauces, and cider — the genuine all-purpose kitchen apple
• Peter Gideon, Minnesota, circa 1860 — 165 years of proven cold-climate performance
• Crisp white flesh with occasional pink flecks — distinctive and beautiful
• Cold-hardy to Zone 4 — bred for northern winters from the beginning
• Organic options available — for growers who want a certified organic tree