Loop Spy

Apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

A tetraploid bud mutation of Northern Spy. It was discovered in 1925 in an orchard of A.I. Loop, North East, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Fruits are larger, softer and more subject to bitter pit than its parent.

Availability

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:

Sport of Northern Spy

Accession No.

1974 - 262

  

Accession name

Loop Spy (654)

Flowering time  ›››

11th May10% flowering
15th MayFull (80%) flowering
22nd May90% 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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