Gideon Apple Scionwood

This is a twig for grafting. Late Summer. Duchess × unknown. Peter Gideon intro, Excelsior, Minn., 1888.

Peter Gideon is best known as the originator of Wealthy, one of the most famous of all American apple varieties. Though much less well known, Gideon has its fair share of fans.

The large conic beautiful bright yellow rose-blushed summer apple was first introduced to us many years ago by Tom Roberts, who was then sharing Peacemeal Farm in Dixmont, Maine, with the ancient tree. Tom said the fruit “produced heavily on an almost completely ignored tree that was in decline through age, rotten wood, etc. It grows in the open on a sunny knoll in a field, and produced a majority of very good looking apples with no care whatsoever…a sweet juicy eating apple, and”wonderful for sauce.”

Daryl Hunter of New Brunswick wrote to us: “One of the heritage varieties that I’d never part with is Gideon, with its delicate skin and its very juicy, pear-flavored flesh””

Ripens a bit before Red Astrachan, toward the end of August in central Maine. Use them up quickly—they don’t keep. Seldom any scab. Blooms early. Z3.

7842 Gideon

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L 7842 A: 8" scionwood stick, 1 for $6.00
L 7842 B: scionwood by the foot (10' minimum), 1 ft for $5.50

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Additional Information

Scionwood

Scions are twigs, not trees. They have no roots and will not grow if you plant them. They are cuttings from dormant branch tips, intended for spring grafting.

We do our best to provide ¼" caliper stock. Because of factors beyond our control (such as weather!) stock may be ³⁄₁₆–³⁄₈".

We sell scionwood in two ways:

By the stick: One 8" stick will graft 3-4 trees.
By the foot: Minimum order of 10 feet per variety. For orchardists grafting large numbers of trees of a particular variety. In our own nursery work, we are usually able to graft 6-8 trees from one foot of scionwood.

You can graft right away or store scionwood for later use. It will keep quite well for several weeks stored in sealed ziplock bags in the refrigerator.

The deadline for ordering scionwood is February 21, 2025, for shipment around March 10. (Please note: we ship scionwood only in mid-March. If you would like to order rootstock to arrive in the same shipment, select mid-March shipping when adding the rootstock to your cart.)

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