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| Apple Novaspy | Apple Smokehouse | Apple Pink Lady | Apple Clark's Seedling | Apple Arlet | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | Novaspy is a further development of the 'Nova' series of apples from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada based in Nova Scotia. As the name suggests it has Northern Spy in its ancestry. | Large, flattish shape, yellow flushed and striped red. Flesh crisp, yellowish, moderately fine-grained. Fresh cider flavor. Very good quality cooking, eating, and baking apple. Keeps well through March. | One of the best-known modern apples, Pink Lady is actually a trademark and the variety is more correctly known as Cripps Pink. | An English culinary apple from the 1920s, uncertain origins. Widely known as Royal George. | A sweet mid-season dessert apple, developed in Switzerland and related to Golden Delicious. |
Identification | Novaspy | Smokehouse | Pink Lady | Clark's Seedling | Arlet |
| Fruit colour | Red | Red | |||
| Flesh colour | White to Cream, pale yellow | White to Cream, pale yellow | |||
| Fruit size | Medium | Medium | |||
| Fruit shape | Flat | Round | |||
Using | Novaspy | Smokehouse | Pink Lady | Clark's Seedling | Arlet |
| Flavor | Good | Exceptional | |||
| Flavour style | Sweet/Sharp | Sweet/Sharp | |||
| Ripening period | Mid season | Early season | Mid season | ||
| Use/Keeping | 3 months or more | 3 months or more | 3 months or more | ||
| Cooking result | |||||
Growing | Novaspy | Smokehouse | Pink Lady | Clark's Seedling | Arlet |
| Picking | |||||
| Cropping | Good | Good | |||
| Vigour | Average growth | Average growth | Slightly large | Average growth | |
| Pollination | Flowering group 3 Flowers Mid season | Flowering group 3 Self-sterile | Flowering group 2 Flowers Early season | Flowering group 3 Flowers Mid season Self-sterile | |
| Gardening skill | Very easy | Average | |||
| Problems | Fireblight - Very resistant | Scab - Some susceptibility Mildew - Some susceptibility Fireblight - Very susceptible Woolly aphid - Some susceptibility Cedar apple rust - Very susceptible | Scab - Some susceptibility Mildew - Some susceptibility Cedar apple rust - Very susceptible | ||
Other | Novaspy | Smokehouse | Pink Lady | Clark's Seedling | Arlet |
| Country of origin | Canada | United States | Australia | United Kingdom | Switzerland |
| Other qualities |