Gala Apple
The Gala apple is another excellent all purpose apple that keeps very well.
Excellent for: Fresh eating; Sauce
ID-71A
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History: J.H. Kidd developed the Gala apple in Wairarapa, New Zealand 1934. It was given the name Gala in 1950. Parentage: Golden Delicious x Kidd’s Orange Red (Cox’s Orange Pippen x Red Delicious) Pollination:Bloom Time: Mid-seasonPloidy: DiploidGood Pollinators: Braeburn AppleCameo AppleCortland AppleEmpire AppleMcShay AppleNewtown Pippin AppleSweet Sixteen AppleWolf River Apple Harvest Time: Late August Fruit Size: Medium, round Flavor: Sweet Storage (refrigerated): 3-4 months Disease Resistance: Cedar apple rust: Some susceptibilityFireblight: Very susceptibleMildew: Some susceptibilityScab: Very susceptible
Gala
Dessert apple
Raised in about 1934 by J.H.Kidd at Greytown Wairarapa, New Zealand. It was named in 1965. Fruits have firm, crisp, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a sweet and good aromatic flavour.
Parentage: Kidd's Orange Red x Golden Delicious
Sports:
Flowering time:
27th April10% flowering
30th AprilFull (80%) flowering
8th May90% petal fall
Picking time: Early October
Size: medium
Shape: Globose conical
Height: 59.79 mm
Width: 65.08 mm
Ribbing: weak-medium
Crown: medium
Ground Colour: Yellow
Over Colour:Orange
Over Colour Amount: medium
Over Colour Pattern: striped/mottled
Russet: low
Crunch: crisp
Flesh Colour: Yellowish