Prairie Spy
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated at Excelsior, USA by the University of Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1951. Fruits have firm, fine, greenish white flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Size
medium-large 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Flat 2
Height
57.00 mm 2
Width
68.00 mm 2
Ribbing
absent 2
Ground Colour
Green yellow 2
Over Colour
Orange 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 2
Russet
very low 2
Greasiness
Strong 2
Firmness
firm 2
Coarseness
fine 2
Flesh Colour
Greenish 2
Accession name
Prairie Spy
Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register