Mathews
AppleMathews
Origin/History
Originated on the farm of Hugh Foster, near Alton Depot, Nelson County, Virginia.
Tree
Vigorous with an open spreading head. Bears early and abundantly in alternate years, with a partial crop in intervening years.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium, roundish oblate, slightly conic, regular.
Stem/Cavity: Stalk short and small. Cavity medium and regular.
Calyx and Basin: Calyx small and closed. Basin rather abrupt, deep, and slightly plaited.
Skin: Smooth, whitish almost waxen, shaded with pale dull red where exposed. Many large light dots, a portion almost obscure, with a few areolae.
Flesh and Flavor: White, fine, tender, juicy, mild, pleasant, sprightly subacid.
Core: Medium.
Season
October through January (indicating ripening in October with storage life extending through January).
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Mathews.
Origin, on the farm of Hugh Foster, near Alton Depot, Nelson Co., Virginia; tree vigorous, with an open spreading head; an early and abundant bearer alternate years, and a partial crop the intervening years.
Fruit medium, roundish oblate, slightly conic, regular; skin smooth, whitish almost waxen, shaded with pale dull red where exposed, many large light dots, a portion almost obscure, a few areole; stalk short, small; cavity medium, regular; calyx small, closed; basin rather abrupt, deep, slightly plaited; flesh white, fine, tender, juicy, mild, pleasant, sprightly subacid; core medium. October, January.