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Northern Spy
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
First grown in the seedling orchard of Heman Chapin, at East Bloomfield, New York, USA from seed brought from Salisbury, Connecticut, USA. It was raised in about 1800 and introduced in 1840. Fruits have fairly firm, juicy, sweet flesh with a pleasant flavour. This variety is resistant to woolly aphis and has been used as a parent in the breeding of resistant rootstocks and varieties.
- Synonyms:
- King Apple, King's Apple, Severnui Razvedchik, Severnui Shpion, Spaeher des Nordens, Spaher des Nordens, Spy
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in Tidnor Wood National Collection® of Malus (Cider making)
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Paramor)
- Mother to:
- Sandow
- Sunrise
- Emilia
- Thurso
- Ascot
- Galton
- Glenton
- Spiza
- Father to:
- Pewaukee
- Ontario
- Sports:
- Crimson Spy
- Double Red Northern Spy
- Hunter Kinkead Spy
- Kinkead Red Spy
- Loop Spy
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 2
- Size
- large 2
- Height
- 70.00mm 2
- Width
- 81.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Pink 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Coarseness
- fine 2
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 2
Accession No.
1951 - 102
- Accession name
- Northern Spy
- Flowering time ›››
- 13th May10% flowering
17th MayFull (80%) flowering
24th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019