Gala
Dessert apple
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
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.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Kidd's Orange Red x Golden Delicious
Sports:
Royal Gala
Galaxy
Prince Gala
Nanni
Fruit Size
medium b
Fruit Shape
intermediate to tall, rectangular to truncate-conic, convex b
Fruit Height
59-65 mm b
Fruit Width
62-70 mm b
Ribbing
strongly ribbed at eye, ribbed on body b
Ground Colour
yellow b
Over Colour
bright orange-red flush and deeper stripes b
Russet Type
russet at base, occasionally on body b
Flesh Colour
yellow b
Skin Texture
smooth, rather tough b
Flesh Texture
crisp b
Flavour
sweet, slightly subacid b
Accession name
Gala (LA 69A)
Flowering time
27th April 10% flowering
30th April Full (80%) flowering
8th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early October a
Size
medium a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Globose conical a
Height
59.79 mm a
Width
65.08 mm a
Ribbing
weak-medium a
Crown
medium a
Ground Colour
Yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
medium a
Over Colour
Orange a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled a
Russet
low a
Crunch
crisp a
Flesh Colour
Yellowish a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register