Crimson Spy
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Thought to be a bud mutation of Northern Spy having an almost solid crimson skin. Originated in Ontario, Canada and introduced in 1931. Fruits have firm, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a sweet and pleasant flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Crimson Spy Canada, by 1931
- Sport of Northern Spy United States, about 1800
Sources
- Crimson Spy (accession 1967 - 065), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the parentage; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (mid october).
