A highly flavored, late-season dessert apple, perfect for organic production.
Spijon Apple on G.11 (Spring 2026)
A delicious apple for eating, baking, and sauce.
This is an upright, spreading tree that is tip bearing. It is reported to be susceptible to fireblight, CAR, scab, and mildew.
Ripening with Northern Spy, about a month after McIntosh, the skin is crimson flushed over orange and the light yellow flesh is crisp. Spijon is a large, attractive apple with a sweet, sprightly flavor, and it stores very well for up to three months. This is a great all-purpose apple for fresh eating, sauce, and baking.
This apple is a cross of Red Spy and Monroe that was made in 1944 at the New York Agricurtural Experiment Station. It was released in 1968 along with Jonagold bringing the number of varieties released by the Cornell breeding program to 57 at that date. Spijon was developed with a view to producing a quality processing apple that would begin to crop earlier than its slow-to-pruduce parent Red Spy.
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The Fruit
Fruit Type
Category: Apple
Subcategory:
Dessert
Fruit Uses & Storage
Uses: fresh eating, baking, storage, sauce
Storage duration: one to three months (approximate, depending on storage conditions)
Fruit Appearance
Skin color: red
Flesh color: white
Fruit Origins
Parentage: Red Spy x Monroe
Origin: Geneva NY
Introduced in: 1968
Introduced by: Cornell University Experiment Station
The Environment
Calendar & Geography
USDA zones: 4 - 7
Chill hours: 800
Ripening date: Oct 15 (approximate, in New York State) + 30 days after McIntosh
Tree Height & Spacing
glossary
Rootstock: G.11 Rootstock
Rootstock size class: Dwarf (25% of Standard)
Tree spacing (natural spread of tree): 8'
Good for wildlife planting? N
Diseases & Pests
glossary
Fireblight: Susceptible
Apple Scab: Susceptible
Cedar-Apple Rust: Susceptible
Powdery Mildew: Susceptible
Pollination
Pollination Factors
glossary
Bloom group: 4
Is it self-fertile? N
Is it fertile? Y
Ploidy: Diploid
Rootstock size class:
Dwarf (25% of Standard)
Pollination Partners
This table shows the first few results from a full search for pollenizers of Spijon Apple on G.11. Please see our Pollenizer Search to run other queries and read how the application uses various factors. Also read more about fruit tree pollination.
| Tree | Currently in Stock |
|---|---|
| GoldRush Apple on G.214 | 376 |
| Pixie Crunch™ Apple on G.11 | 141 |
| Sansa Apple on G.11 | 116 |
| SnowSweet® Apple on G.11 | 100 |
| Empire Apple on G.214 | 87 |
| Northern Spy Apple on G.41 | 80 |
| Florina Apple on G.11 | 69 |
| Golden Russet Apple on G.214 | 67 |
| Frequin Rouge Apple on G.214 | 65 |
| Chieftain Apple on G.214 | 64 |
| Honeycrisp Apple on G.11 | 58 |
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