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 >

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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