World’s Most Famous Northern Spy 
Came Into 
Bearing at 
Six Years 
Late bearing being an outstand¬ 
ing weakness of the Northern 
Spy variety, Greening Bud Se¬ 
lection efforts were concentrat¬ 
ed on getting a strain that would 
bear young and abundantly. The 
famous parent tree pictured on 
this page (Greening Super- 
Selected Northern Spy, Farley 
Bros, strain) came into bearing 
at about six years of age and 
produced a full crop of nearly 
twelve bushels when only nine 
years old. (Further description 
in varieties section.) 
The Equally Famous Greening Baldwin 
Bears Annually 
Bore 68 bushels of apples in the 
first five years of its bearing. 
This Greening Super-Selected 
strain Baldwin Tree No. 2, par¬ 
ent tree from which buds are 
taken for this variety, is in the 
orchard of A. G. Spencer, 
Kibbie, Mich. Set out in 1908. 
Began bearing in 1917. Has 
borne full crops annually since 
then. (Further description in 
varieties section.) 
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