'Geheimrat Dr. Oldenburg' | |
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Genus | Malus |
Species | Malus pumila |
Hybrid parentage | 'Minister von Hammerstein' × 'Baumanns Renette' |
Cultivar | 'Geheimrat Dr. Oldenburg' |
Origin | Germany, 1897 |
'Geheimrat Dr. Oldenburg' is a German apple cultivar. It was created in 1897 at the Höheren Lehranstalt für Obstbau of Geisenheim in the Rheingau by hybridisation of Minister von Hammerstein and Baumanns Renette .[1] It may also be known as 'Geheimrat Doktor Oldenburg', 'Geheimrat Oldenburg', or simply 'Oldenburg'. It is a quite different apple from the older Russian cultivar 'Duchess of Oldenburg', also sometimes known simply as 'Oldenburg'.
Cultivars that descend from Geheimrat Dr. Oldenburg include: Alkmene (Geheimrat Dr. Oldenburg × Cox's Orange Pippin); Apollo (Cox's Orange Pippin × Geheimrat Dr. Oldenburg); Clivia (Geheimrat Dr. Oldenburg × Cox's Orange Pippin);[2]: 539 ; Elektra (Cox's Orange Pippin x Geheimrat Doktor Oldenburg); Roba (Geheimrat Dr. Oldenburg x unknown);[3] and possibly Dukat (Geheimrat Dr. Oldenburg × Cox's Orange Pippin).[2]: 538