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Northern Spy Apple Tree
Northern Spy Apple Tree
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$44.00 CAD
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Northern Spy is an 1800s New York heirloom apple. Its large round conical fruit has green yellow skin striped red and very firm, fine grained, juicy flesh with a rich balance of sugar and acidity.
The fruit ripens late in October and keeps well through winter. Trees are slow to bear on standard roots and are susceptible to fire blight and scab.
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Growing details
- Hardiness
- Zone 4
- Fruit
- Large, round conical apples, green yellow with red stripesVery firm, fine grained and juicy, with a rich balance of sugar and acid
- Storage
- Keeps well through winterLong valued for baking
- Bearing
- Slow to begin bearing on standard roots
- Disease
- Susceptible to fire blight and scab
- Mature size
- 20 to 30 ft tallFull size, on Siberian crabapple rootstock
- Site and soil
- Full sun and soil that drains well
Ripening
Late October
Timing varies with season and site
More about this plant
A New York heirloom
Northern Spy is an heirloom apple from New York in the 1800s.
Cold hardinessZone 4 · Canadian maps for this plant
Zone 4 and warmer
The map shows minimum winter hardiness. Soil, moisture and summer warmth also affect how a plant grows.
About these maps
Climate: Natural Resources Canada, 1991–2020. Provincial distribution: VASCAN via retained botanical research. Province outlines: Natural Earth, public domain.
Open Government Licence – CanadaPollination
Northern Spy needs pollen from a different apple or crabapple to set fruit. It is triploid, so do not count on Northern Spy to pollinate another apple.