Hunter Kinkead Spy

Culinary / Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Sport of Northern Spy

Accession No.
1974 - 058   fingerprint   check_circle

Received from the Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Canada. Fruits have firm, fine-textured, juicy, sweet flesh with a pleasant flavour.

Accession name
Hunter Kinkead Spy

Flowering time
11th May 10% flowering
14th May Full (80%) flowering
21st May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October 1

Size
large-very large 1

Type
Culinary / Dessert 1

Shape
Flat 1

Height
66.00 mm 1

Width
86.89 mm 1

Ribbing
strong 1

Crown
weak 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/washed out 1

Russet
low 1

Crunch
crumbly 1

Flesh Colour
Yellowish 1

References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register