Novaspy apple tree

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Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pollination group: 3

Novaspy is an attractive modern disease-resistant apple, developed from Northern Spy and Golden Delicious. It ripens late in the season and the apples keep well in storage.

The apples are attractive, similar in shape to Golden Delicious, but with a blushed red skin and clean finish.

As might be expected, the flavor is essentially sweet, but has some of the tang of Northern Spy. The apples are excellent for eating fresh or cooking or juicing.

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Novaspy apple trees for sale

You can pre-order now for spring 2025

1Dwarf 1-year bare-root tree $37.95
Mature height: 6ft-9ft after 10 years
G.11 rootstock
2Semi-dwarf 1-year bare-root tree $37.95
Mature height: 8ft-12ft after 10 years
Semi-dwarf rootstock
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How to grow

As the name suggests, Novaspy can be considered as an improved form of Northern Spy. It has similar characteristics but is easier to grow, more disease-resistant, and a bit more productive and starts bearing at a much younger age.

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History

Novaspy was developed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada based in Nova Scotia, and has Northern Spy and Golden Delicious in its ancestry. It was released in the 1980s.