Primary
Minnesota State Horticultural Society Annual Reports, 1866–1947
Minnesota State Archives, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Annual reports contain presentations made by members during the year, including ones by Peter Gideon about his work with the Wealthy apple.
Minnesota State Horticultural Society Records, 1867–1987
Minnesota State Archives Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Includes descriptions of apples by society member John S. Harris.
Gideon, Peter M. Fruit culture and fast horses: the civilizing effects of the former and the demoralization caused by the latter. An address delivered before the Minnesota Horticultural Society. [Minnesota?: s.n.], 1882.
———, "Protection of Fruit Trees-State Fair, etc." Farmers' Union, December 1868.
"Peter Gideon's New Apple." Farmers' Union, January 1869.
"Seedling Apples." Farmers' Union, November 1868.
Secondary
Blegen, Theodore C. Minnesota: A History of the State. 2nd ed. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1975.
Fish, Jane Mowry. Peter and the Wealthy. [Minnesota: s.n.], c.1980.
Harris, H.L., "Apples in State History." Minneapolis Journal, May 22, 1938.
Jarchow, Merrill E. The Earth Brought Forth: A History of Minnesota Agriculture to 1885. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1949.
Jenson, Jeff A. "Minnesota Apple Trees: Growing Shorter in the 1950s." Minnesota History 62, no. 5 (Spring 2011): 191–196.
J.V. Bailey Nurseries. 1926 Price List of J.V. Bailey's Hardy Nursery Stock. St. Paul, MN, 1926.
J.V. Bailey Nurseries. Annual Price List of Reliable Fruit Plants Grown by J.V. Bailey. St. Paul, MN, 1915.
J.V. Bailey Nurseries. J. V. Bailey Nurseries. St. Paul, MN, 1940.
Kreidberg, Marjorie. "The Up and Doing Editor of the Minnesota Farmer and Gardener." Minnesota History 49, no. 5 (Spring 1985): 191–201.
http://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/49/v49i05p191-201.pdf
Pellett, Kent. Pioneers in Iowa Horticulture. Des Moines: Iowa State Horticultural Society, 1941.
Qualey, Carlton C. "Diary of a Swedish Immigrant Horticulturalist, 1855–1898." Minnesota History 43, no. 2 (Summer 1972): 63–70.
http://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/43/v43i02p063-070.pdf
Rahmlow, H.J. A History of Seventy-Five Years of Service by the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society. Madison: Wisconsin State Horticultural Society, 1943.
Rubinstein, Sarah P. Minnesota History Along the Highways: A Guide to Historic Markers and Sites. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2003.
Web
AMPERS. MN90: Minnesota's Super-Apple.
http://www.ampers.org/pieces/mn90-minnesotas-super-apple
The Minnesota Historical Society's National Register Properties. Peter Gideon Farmhouse.
http://nrhp.mnhs.org/NRDetails.cfm?NPSNum=74001019
The Minnesota Harvest. Apple Descriptions: The Wealthy Apple.
http://minnesotaharvest.net/apple-varieties/wealthy/