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Apple
Novaspy 
Apple
Smokehouse 
Apple
Pink Lady 
Apple
Clark's Seedling 

 
SummaryNovaspy 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.

Identification

Novaspy
Smokehouse
Pink Lady
Clark's Seedling

Fruit colour

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

Flavor
Good
Exceptional


Flavour style
Sweet/Sharp
Sweet/Sharp


Ripening periodMid season


Early season

Use/Keeping3 months or more

3 months or more


Cooking result




Growing

Novaspy
Smokehouse
Pink Lady
Clark's Seedling

Picking




Cropping

Good


VigourAverage growth

Average growth
Slightly large

PollinationFlowering group 3
Flowers Mid season
Flowering group 3
Self-sterile
Flowering group 2
Flowers Early season
Gardening skillVery easy

Average


ProblemsFireblight - Very resistant
Scab - Some susceptibility
Mildew - Some susceptibility
Fireblight - Very susceptible
Woolly aphid - Some susceptibility
Cedar apple rust - Very susceptible

Other

Novaspy
Smokehouse
Pink Lady
Clark's Seedling

Country of originCanada
United States
Australia
United Kingdom

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