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Northern Spy
An old American apple once very popular mainly as a cooking, juicing and drying apple.
Origin: USA, 1800
Pollination: Northern Spy is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >
British-grown 
All our bare-root trees are personally hand-grafted by our Nursery Manager and grown on at our nursery in Kent. We have Defra and Plant Healthy certification.
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Characteristics of Northern Spy apple trees
| Use | Dual Cul & Des |
| Colour | Flushed |
| Flavour | Subacid |
| Fruit size | Large |
| Picking time | Oct |
| Season of use | Nov-Mar |
| Tree vigour | Moderate |
| Tree habit | Upright-spreading |
| Fruit-bearing | Partial tip-bearer |
| Cropping | Good |
| Pollination date | 17 |
| Pollination group | E |
| Self-fertility | Self-sterile |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
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