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/nˈɔrðərn spaɪ/ Listen

adjective

Northern adj.

Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west.

In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind.

Northern diver. (Zool.) See Loon.

Northern lights. See Aurora borealis, under Aurora.

Northern spy (Bot.), an excellent American apple, of a yellowish color, marked with red.

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Etymology of 'Northern Spy'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Northern spy" Quotes from Famous Books

... troublesome disease of the apple is the apple-scab, which disfigures the fruit as well as lessens its size. It also often does much harm to the foliage, and thus checks the growth of the trees (Fig. 214). The Baldwin, Fameuse, Northern Spy and Red Canada are particularly subject to this disease, and it is much more troublesome in moist seasons than when the weather is dry. The use of fungicides will do much to lessen the injury from ...

— Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) • L. H. Bailey

... and quiet. Then how the earth tempers and flavors the apples! It draws out all the acrid unripe qualities, and infuses into them a subtle refreshing taste of the soil. Some varieties perish; but the ranker, hardier kinds, like the northern spy, the greening, or the black apple, or the russet, or the pinnock, how they ripen and grow in grace, how the green becomes gold, and ...

— Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and, Other Papers • John Burroughs