Another influential resident Edmond Lombardi created an apple-juice drink he called "Appletiser", on his nearby farm Applethwaite, and introduced it to the market in 1966.
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The town was created on the farm "Grietjiesgat", owned by Wilhelm Langschmidt, a painter from Cape Town, who started the community around his wife's little trading store.
Grabouw was created on the farm Grietjiesgat acquired on 22 November 1856 by Wilhelm Langschmidt, who named the place after Grabow, the village of his birth in Germany.