Named by Peter Gideon (1820–1899), creator of the cultivar, after his wife, Wealthy (Hull) Gideon.
Wealthy (plural Wealthys or Wealthies)
- A certain cultivar of American apple from Minnesota.
1975, Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Joy of Cooking, page 129:Wealthys and McIntoshes are not good bakers.
