Spigold apple

Spigold apple identification images

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USDA identification images for Spigold

The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.

Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.

Visitor reviews

• 07 Feb 2018  WASHINGTON, United States

  BIG, juicy, late, aromatic for a late. Dual purpose. In W. Washington I think the flavor doesn't quite develop. Shy bearing here on b9.
• 25 Oct 2017  BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada

  Juicy, like all triploids. Late maturing. In a year with lots of late sun, the flavour is round, with tangerine and mandarin notes on a background of wildflower honey. The flavour is sun dependent. In a cooler year, the apples are more watery, and distinguishable more by texture. A very narrow picking window, but exquisite red colour. Far superior to Jonagold, with dense flesh despite the large cell size. Its juiciness distinguishes it from the superior Maigold.
• 02 Feb 2015  CA, HUMBOLDT, United States

  I just registered under Pink Lady. Spigold is a wonderful apple. When perfectly grown as in Northern California, the huge apples, yellow and red, exhibit free juice when cut and the crisp flesh breaks in your mouth and instantly melts into lusciousness. Allegedly a pollen-sterile tri-ploid, the trees want to get big. Like its Northern Spy parent, it blooms late. The crisp but juicy and melting flesh is a worthy breeding goal as with Cripp's Pink. Yet it holds up in cooking. Just a medium keeper in my experience. Top quality is ephemeral.
• 15 Sep 2013  United States

  John jfkaar@alum.mit.edu Cape Cod (but apple experience in SW Ohio) This is an outstanding cultivar. Large, firm fleshed fruits with more floral complex flavor (sometimes a banana note) than Northern Spy. Similar to Northern Spy in keeping its structure in baking, so you get an apple pie, not an applesauce pie. Fruits develop a natural wax coating which helps it keep well.

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Where to buy trees

The following tree nurseries offer Spigold apple trees for sale:

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Where to buy fresh fruit

The following orchards grow Spigold:

United States

• California

  • Arroyo Community Garden, Petaluma

• Colorado

  • Gott Bro's Orchard & Produce, L.L.C., Ignacio

• Connecticut

  • Allyn's Red Barn, Ledyard

• Indiana

  • Bruick Brothers Produce / Advanced Tree Technology, New Haven

• Iowa

  • Appleberry Orchard, Donnellson
  • Wilson's Orchard, Iowa City

• Maine

  • Hooper's Orchard, Monroe

• Massachusetts

  • Autumn Hill Orchards, Groton
  • Cider Hill Farm, Amesbury
  • Red Apple Farm, Phillipston

• Michigan

  • Phillips Orchards & Cider Mill, Saint Johns
  • Schultz Fruitridge Farms, Mattawan

• Minnesota

  • Two Fruit's Fruits, Hinckley

• New Hampshire

  • Richardson's Farm, Boscawen
  • Stone Brook Hill Farm, Gilford
  • Stonybrook Farm, Gilford

• New York

  • Bellinger's Apple Orchard, Fultonville
  • Borden's Orchard, Schaghticoke
  • Bowman Orchards, Rexford
  • G and S Orchards, Macedon
  • Ontario Orchards Farm, Market & Cider Mill, Sterling
  • Oriole Orchards, Red Hook
  • Samascott Orchard, Kinderhook
  • Spring Wagon Orchards, Penn Yan
  • Windy Hill Orchard & Farm Market, Cassville

• North Carolina

  • Creasman Farms, Hendersonville

• Ohio

  • Ochs Fruit Farm, Lancaster

• Pennsylvania

  • Apple Castle, New Wilmington
  • Orton's Fruit Farm, North East

• Washington

  • Skipley Farm, Snohomish        *** Feature Orchard ***

• Wisconsin

  • Door Creek Orchard, Cottage Grove

References

• Cedar-Apple Rust  
  Author: Stephen Vann, University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture (FSA7538)
  Rated as highly susceptible - control always needed where CAR is prevalent.
• Apples for the 21st Century
  Author: Manhart