Northern Spy

American  

noun

1. an American variety of red-striped apple that ripens in autumn or early winter.

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Etymology

Origin of Northern Spy

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

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Northern Spy

Each pack comes with four teeny and tiny apple pies that are made exclusively for TJ’s in Canada using Northern Spy apples.

From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2025

We sipped glasses of his flagship dry cider made with Baldwin, Jonagold and Northern Spy apples for a drink that’s pleasingly yeasty and fresh, and the color of early-fall sunshine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

This holiday dessert is made from cinnamon-imbued Northern Spy apples, an all-butter pastry crust and a buttery, brown-sugar oat crumble topping, all of which are baked to perfection.

From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2022

Her Northern Spy sparkling dry cider, which sells for around $17 a bottle, is a revelation: The aroma is full and sweet, smelling irresistibly of fruit, but its texture is clean and crisp.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2016

Our trees top-worked to Jonathan and Northern Spy are bearing good this year; they show no signs of winter-killing.

From Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 by A. W. Latham

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