Loop Spy

Apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

A tetraploid bud mutation of Northern Spy. It was discovered in 1925 in an orchard of A.I. Loop, North East, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Fruits are larger, softer and more subject to bitter pit than its parent.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Sport of Northern Spy

Accession No.
1974 - 262   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Loop Spy (654)

Flowering time
11th May 10% flowering
15th May Full (80%) flowering
22nd May 90% petal fall

Picking time
mid october ^a

References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.