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Apple varieties, United States

Spijon

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

Raised in 1944 at New York Agricultural Experimental Station, Geneva, USA. Introduced in 1968. Fruits have firm, light yellow flesh with a subacid to slightly acid flavour.

Where Spijon came from.

Sources

Spijon (accession 1969 - 040), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (early october).