Nova Easygro

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1971

Origin

Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 15.0 °Bx
Fruit height: 66.7 mm
Fruit width: 78.2 mm

Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.

Nova Easygro is a Canadian dessert apple with greenish-yellow skin striped or blushed red. The creamy white flesh is firm, crisp, and juicy with a subacid flavor, making it suitable for fresh eating from September through October.

Flavor & Texture

subacidfirmcrispjuicy

Best Uses

fresh_eating

Lineage

Parents

Spartan Scab Resistant seedling

Origin & History

Origin type: deliberate cross

Disease Resistance

Apple scab: resistant
Fire blight: highly resistant
Powdery mildew: resistant
Cedar-apple rust: susceptible
Leaf spot: susceptible

Cornell Apple Variety Database.

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 588838
UK National Fruit Collection: 4308