The World of Apples

Apple varieties, Canada

Nova Easygro

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:

Raised in 1956 by A.D. Crowe at the Canadian Department Agricultural Research Station, Kentville, Nova Scotia. Introduced in 1971. Fruits have firm, crisp, moderately juicy flesh with a subacid and pleasant flavour.

Family tree

Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.

  • Nova Easygro Canada, 1956
    • Seed parent Spartan Canada, 1926
    • Pollen parent Scab Resistant seedling
Spartan Nova Easygro
Where Nova Easygro came from. The lines lead to its parents: Spartan (Canada).

Sources

  1. Nova Easygro (accession 1974 - 269), 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); the other names.