Need help with apple ID

Recently found a very old apple tree on an abandoned homestead in Central Washington. Does anyone recognize the variety?

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Take a bite and tell us if it’s sweet.

It was very tart, but it’s early in the season, and it may not have been ripe.

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You can tell if the apple was ripe by the color of its seeds. If the seeds were dark brown, the fruit was ripe.

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I would suggest that you look into Wealthy, which would be a good thing if that’s what you have.

looks like a duchess of oldenberg which i believe is a a sauce/ baking apple.

Gravenstein? Could be wealthy too.

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And Duchess is very tart and ripe August
so that fits.

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Gravenstein edges out Wealthy by a bit to me, but it could be either. Those were both popular old apples so it is likely to be one of those two.

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