1Small 1-year bare-root tree
$37.95
Mature height: 6ft-9ft after 10 years Dwarf rootstock
2Medium 1-year bare-root tree
$37.95
Mature height: 8ft-12ft after 10 years Semi-dwarf rootstock
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We are now accepting pre-orders for the spring 2024 planting season.
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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.
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.
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.
Novaspy characteristics
Gardening skillAverage
Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
Pollination group3
PloidyDiploid
Bearing regularityRegular
Fruit bearingPartial tip-bearer
WildlifeRHS Plants for Pollinators
Picking seasonLate
UsesEating freshCulinaryJuice
CroppingGood
Keeping (of fruit)3 months or more
Flavor style (apples)Sharper
General resistanceGood
FireblightVery resistant
ScabSome resistance
Cold hardiness (USDA)(4) -30F / -34C
Summer maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
Country of originCanada
Period of origin1950 - 1999
Fruit colorOrange / Red
Fruit sizeLarge
Similar varieties
Northern Spy Northern Spy is a popular late-season American heirloom apple variety which stores well.
Spigold A good-tasting cross between Northern Spy and Golden Delicious.