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Nova Spy Apple Tree

Nova Spy Apple Tree

Nova Spy apple tree is a cross between Nova Easygro and Northern Spy x Golden Delicious. It’s an excellent choice of apple for eating fresh and making pies and is commonly used to make apple cider because of its tartness. Resistant to common apple diseases like mildew and scab, Nova Spy also keeps well in storage.

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General Tree Height/Caliper: Most of our fruit trees (apple, peach, apricot, plum, pear, nectarine, quince, and cherry) are grafted/budded and are 4-6' tall with a caliper/diameter of about 1/4-3/4". Most have more than 5' height and 1/2" diameter. The other trees are seedlings, such as pawpaw, mulberry, persimmon, shade, berry, and flowering trees which range from 18-36" tall.

A rootstock primarily controls a tree's size and how early it bears fruit. Learn more about our specific rootstocks.

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Nova Spy Apple Tree Overview

The Nova Spy apple tree is the result of an experiment to make Northern Spy apple variety more disease resistant! Breeders developed this delicious apple variety at the Agricultural Research Station in Nova Scotia, Canada as a cross between Nova Easygro and New York 44411-1 (Northern Spy and Golden Delicious). They then released it to apple lovers in 1986.

The Nova Spy apple tree bears medium-large sized fruit with a lovely dark red color. It’s an excellent choice for eating fresh since you will love the crisp and juice taste as well as its mild tartness. Additionally, Nova Spy is a good ingredient for making delicious pies. Due to its tartness it’s also been the apple of choice to add to apple cider.

Nova Spy apple trees are moderately vigorous and upright spreading hardy trees. You will start to see fruit within three years of growth. This apple tree variety bears fruit every year, however, it’s doesn’t bear heavy crops. Nova Spy keeps well in storage for up to 16 weeks and is resistant to common apple diseases like scab and mildew.

Growing Characteristics

  • Uses: eating fresh, pie, used to make cider due to its tartness
  • Taste: tart, crisp, juicy, sweet
  • Size: medium to large sized
  • Color: green yellow in fruit color with dark red blushes and some russetting, creamy to yellow flesh color
  • Hardiness Zones: 4 – 8
  • Disease resistance:

    • Scab – resistant
    • Mildew– resistant
    • Fireblight – resistant
    • Rust – susceptible
  • Harvest period: 5, late season (early to mid October)
  • Flowering Group: 3
  • Cross pollinates with: Enterprise, Galarina™, Goldrush, Honeycrisp, Macoun, Melrose, Newtown Pippin, Northern Spy, to name a few.
  • Cultivation: This apple tree is a moderately vigorous, upright spreading tree. Additionally it is a partial tip bearer. Although this tree bears fruit annually, it does not always have heavy crops. It can start to bear fruit within three years.
  • Storage: Keeps well in storage for four months (16 weeks).
  • Ease of care: easy
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  • Our shipping cost is 15-25% of the order total (depending on the size of the trees and how far the state is from NY) plus our handling fee which includes light pruning, packaging, printing, and quality checks.
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  • Note: we ship to Hawaii and Alaska however the shipping price is higher.

Warranty

  • If your tree doesn’t grow by July 1st or dies in the fall of the first year, please email us with a photo, order number, and description of the issue.
  • If the issue is related with the tree itself rather than lack of care, we guarantee to replace it next season or give a full refund.

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  • You can cancel your order to receive a full refund, but please note that cancelling an order after April 1st will result in a partial refund of 75% of the order total.
  • We much prefer payments by credit card or PayPal. If you pay by check or cash, then payments for pickup and shipping orders should be received within 30 days of your order, otherwise will be automatically cancelled.
  • If due to unforeseen circumstances your ordered tree is no longer available, you can get a full refund or a substitution with another variety.