Spencer

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1959

Origin

Summerland, British Columbia, Canada

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 14.4 °Bx

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Spencer is a yellow apple with red flush developed in British Columbia through crossing McIntosh and Golden Delicious. It has creamy white, firm, crisp, juicy flesh with sweet flavor, picked mid- to late October and usable through January.

Flavor & Texture

sweetfirmcrispjuicy

Best Uses

fresh_eating

Lineage

Parents

Mcintosh Golden Delicious

Origin & History

Origin type: deliberate cross

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 588979
UK National Fruit Collection: 5932
Wikidata: Q41781704