Delicious Apple Marker – Winterset, IA
N 41° 19.803 W 094° 00.194
15T E 416048 N 4575882
Engraved on this rock is the history behind the development of the Delicious Apple.
Waymark Code: WMBQXT
Location: Iowa, United States
Date Posted: 06/15/2011
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Engraved on this rock is the history behind the development of the Delicious Apple. The text is as follows:
“To commemorate the discovery in Madison County, Iowa of a variety of apple by Jesse Hiatt A.D. 1872 and called by him the Hawkeye sole right to propagate acquired by C.M. Stark A.D. 1894 and by him renamed, introduced and disseminated throughout the apple world as The Delicious Apple.
Erected A.D. 1922 Iowa State Horticultural Society, Madison County Historical Society, Historical Department of Iowa.”
The rock is located at Winterset City Park.
Group that erected the marker: Iowa State Horticultural Society, Madison County Historical Society, Historical Department of Iowa
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Winterset City Park
Winterset, IA USA
50273
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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