I thought I’d start a place specifically for this apple. Is anyone growing this that can share experience with disease resistance and eating quality? I saw it a Big Horse Creek and it sounds intriguing, not that I have any room for more apple varieties right now 
“There is some confusion as to the identity of this apple. In 1859 Hopewell Nurseries of Fredericksburg, Virginia sold an apple known as Virginia Spice. This apple is described as being medium in size with whitish skin covered with a few brown dots. Spice of Old Virginia has considerable red on the sunny side so is probably distinctly different from Virginia Spice. Fruit is medium-sized with smooth, yellow skin mostly covered with reddish-orange with darker red stripes and distinct large gray dots. The yellowish flesh is firm and juicy with a crisp tangy flavor. Ripens in late September to October and is a good keeper.”
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Good Question. There are a handful of “Spice” apples in the south. With little information on them. It would be good to hear something on them. Just in Georgia there is “North Georgia Spice”, quite rare. And the lost Mary Moyer Spice apple. Which was very popular at one time and likely still around if not just forgotten.
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I had a D’Arcy Spice apple this year from Scott Farms in VT and it was incredible so I am going to try to grow it. But, im not sure it will like my climate based on my research so its a roll of the dice. It led me to seek for other similar tasting varieties and if this is from VA (where I live) and is comparable I would be highly interested. D’Arcy spice is one of the best tasting apples I’ve ever had.
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Yes I heard many folks love D’Arcy Spice.
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My Spice of Old Virginia is not old enough to fruit, but if labeled correctly, it seems quite susceptible to cedar rust in my part of the Kentucky hills. It may also be susceptible to fire blight here, as I had one in a pot that was killed by blight: it entered at a notch cut to force a bud, and traveled to the union in very short order, despite my attempts to outrace the infection with timely pruning. Thus far, SoOV does not look very promising here. Burford lists it as “moderately resistant to the major diseases”—so it will undoubtedly perform differently in different locations. The Joyners sell scions about every year, and I believe they have offered the fruit at their local farmers’ market in past seasons, so it must do fairly well for them.
Regarding disease-resistant spice apples, Henry Morton said that Black Limbertwig “could be regarded as a spice apple.” Moyer’s Spice is another interesting one from the Morton collection—though I know nothing of its disease resistance.
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Super helpful thank you - I think I’ll pass on this one
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Contact this grower near Lexington VA. He has grown it since 2016 at least. Elsewhere I saw he liked the sweet and spritely taste.
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