Applevariety
Golden Spire
Also known as Tom Matthews
Tom Matthews
A cooking / cider apple with cream flesh and green-yellow skin, oval in shape; tart, crisp and astringent. Picked in early September.
Origin · Lancashire
Taste & texture
- Acidity
- acid
- Bite
- crisp
- Texture
- Flesh grain coarse
- Flavour
- astringent
- Used for
- Culinary / Cider apple
How to spot it
- Skin
- Surface colour OrangeBackground colour Green yellowSurface colour coverage lowSurface colour pattern striped
- Flesh
- Cream
- Shape
- Ellipsoid
- Size
- mediumWidth 63.50 mmHeight 67.50 mm
- Appearance
- Surface ridges strong
Origin & family
Where Golden Spire began
Recorded origin
Lancashire
Golden Spire’s family
2 varieties · 1 recorded linkArrows follow parents → children
This variety
Golden Spire
Lancashire
Photo: National Fruit Collection, Brogdale · UK Open Government Licence v2.0
Golden Spire → Peggy's PrideParent · Recorded
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Field notes
Original source notes
Fruit & tree
- size
- medium
- type
- Culinary / Cider
- shape
- Ellipsoid
- width
- 63.50 mm
- crunch
- crisp
- height
- 67.50 mm
- russet
- very low
- ribbing
- strong
- synonyms
- Tom Matthews
- father to
- Peggy's Pride
- coarseness
- coarse
- over colour
- Orange
- flesh colour
- Cream
- ground colour
- Green yellow
- over colour amount
- low
- over colour pattern
- striped
Photos
National Fruit Collection, BrogdaleUK Open Government Licence v2.0 Whole and cut, from the UK National Fruit Collection.