Kinkead Red Spy
Apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A more highly coloured sport of Northern Spy. It was received by the National Fruit Trials via Scotland from the Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Canada. Fruits have fairly firm, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a sweet and pleasant flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Sport of Northern Spy
Accession name
Kinkead Red Spy
Flowering time
15th May 10% flowering
19th May Full (80%) flowering
24th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
mid october 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register