Genus Malus Origin Germany, 1897 Rank Cultivar | Species Malus pumila Higher classification Apple | |
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Hybrid parentage 'Minister von Hammerstein' × 'Baumanns Renette' Scientific name Malus domestica 'Geheimrat Dr. Oldenburg' Similar Apples, Blenheim Orange, Bellflower apple, Alkmene, Clivia | ||
'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. 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'.
Hybrids
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);:539; Elektra (Cox's Orange Pippin x Geheimrat Doktor Oldenburg); Roba (Geheimrat Dr. Oldenburg x unknown); and possibly Dukat (Geheimrat Dr. Oldenburg × Cox's Orange Pippin).:538
