Spiza

Culinary / Dessert apple

Culinary / Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised or introduced in 1916 in Ottawa, Canada. Fruits have crisp, coarse, yellowish white flesh with a subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Northern Spy x Unknown

Fruit Size
large ^b

Fruit Shape
tall, conic to truncate-conic, convex ^b

Fruit Height
73-81 mm ^b

Fruit Width
79-88 mm ^b

Ribbing
ribbed at eye and on body ^b

Ground Colour
yellow ^b

Over Colour
flushed reddish orange and faint stripes ^b

Russet Type
russet dots, russet at base ^b

Flesh Colour
yellowish white ^b

Flesh Texture
crisp, coarse ^b

Flavour
subacid ^b

Accession No.
1951 - 032   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Spiza

Flowering time
9th May 10% flowering
14th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October ^a

Size
medium ^a

Type
Culinary / Dessert ^a

Shape
Globose conical ^a

Ribbing
weak-medium ^a

Crown
very weak ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium ^a

Over Colour
Orange ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled ^a

Russet
low ^a

Greasiness
Medium ^a

Firmness
soft ^a

Crunch
crisp ^a

Coarseness
fine ^a

Juiciness
juicy ^a

Flesh Colour
Yellowish ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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