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	Apple Novaspy	Apple Smokehouse	Apple Pink Lady	Apple Clark's Seedling
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.
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 period	Mid season			Early season
Use/Keeping	3 months or more		3 months or more
Cooking result
Growing	Novaspy	Smokehouse	Pink Lady	Clark's Seedling
Picking
Cropping			Good
Vigour	Average growth		Average growth	Slightly large
Pollination	Flowering group 3 Flowers Mid season		Flowering group 3 Self-sterile	Flowering group 2 Flowers Early season
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
Other	Novaspy	Smokehouse	Pink Lady	Clark's Seedling
Country of origin	Canada	United States	Australia	United Kingdom
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