Northern Spy
Variety of Apple · Malus domestica
Old, late-ripening all-rounder with tangy aroma – top for pie and cider.
Also known as: Northern Spie
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Taste & characteristics
Taste
tartcrispjuicysweetaromaticrefreshing
Profile
- Parentage
- Zufallssämling aus East Bloomfield (New York)
- Breeder
- Familie Chapin
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
- Fruit weight
- 220 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Large, green-yellow, red-striped fruit with crisp, very juicy, aromatic-tart flesh.
Growth
Vigorous, late to fruit (often only after many years); frost-hardy.
Yield
Moderate to high once bearing; very good storage.
Notes
A North American apple-pie classic; the 'Northern Spy' rootstock is woolly-aphid resistant.
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