Golden Spire

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Culinary / Cider

Introduced

1850

Origin

Lancashire, United Kingdom

Measured Phenotype

Fruit height: 67.5 mm
Fruit width: 63.5 mm

Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.

Golden Spire is a 19th-century Lancashire apple with pale yellow, soft flesh and tart flavour. An unusually tall and oblong variety suitable for cooking, cider, and fresh eating, it picks in early September and keeps through October.

Flavor & Texture

tartjuicysoft

Best Uses

cookingcider_blendfresh_eating

Lineage

Parents

Keswick Codlin Manks Codlin

Offspring

Florence Bennett Peggy's Pride

Origin & History

Origin type: deliberate cross

References

UK National Fruit Collection: 2376
Wikidata: Q5579803