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Gala
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
Accession No.
1976 - 144
- Accession name
- Gala (LA 69A)
- Flowering time ›››
- 27th April10% flowering
30th AprilFull (80%) flowering
8th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early October 1
- Size
- medium 1
- Shape
- Globose conical 1
- Height
- 59.79 mm 1
- Width
- 65.08 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- medium 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/mottled 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019