Northern Spy
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| Art | Cultivated apple ( Malus domestica ) |
| origin | East Bloomfield (New York) |
| known since | around 1800 |
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Random seedling |
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The Northern Spy ( Scout of the North ) is a variety of apples. It was discovered by chance seedling around 1800 in East Bloomfield (New York) in the USA.
features
The fruits are large, blunt, rounded and usually built somewhat unevenly. The smooth, greasy and slightly shiny peel is covered with many, very small brown peel points. The opaque color is red to carmine red, the base color is greenish-yellow, but later usually changes to yellow. The flesh is yellowish white, juicy with a reenette-like spice. The fruits ripen very late, are ripe for consumption from January and keep in cold storage until May. The variety can be used as a table apple as well as for cooking and baking or for juice.
The trees of this variety come into production late, are vigorous in growth, but tend to alternate .
It is one of the parent varieties of the Ontario apple , the other crossing partner was the Wagener apple . Also in the base breeding of Northern Spy was used, the most frequently used for espalier trees pad is about MM106 emerged M1 × Northern Spy from the crossing.
Trivia
In 2013, the United States Postal Service issued four 33 cents worth of postage stamps depicting apples. In addition to the Baldwin , the Golden Delicious and the Granny Smith , the Northern Spy was also shown.
literature
- Willi Votteler: Directory of apple and pear varieties , Obst- und Gartenbauverlag, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-87596-086-6
Web links
Single receipts
- ^ USPS information page , accessed October 11, 2016