Applevariety
Gala
A widely grown dessert apple bred in New Zealand.
Origin · Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand
Taste & texture
- Sweetness
- high
- Acidity
- subacid
- Scent
- Aromatic.
- Firmness
- firm
- Bite
- crisp
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Flavour
- sweet, slightly subacid
- Used for
- Dessert apple
How to spot it
- Skin
- Surface colour bright orange-red flush and deeper stripesSkin texture smooth, rather toughBackground colour yellow
- Flesh
- yellow
- Shape
- intermediate to tall, rectangular to truncate-conic, convex
- Size
- mediumFruit width 62-70 mmFruit height 59-65 mm
- Appearance
- Surface ridges strongly ribbed at eye, ribbed on bodyRusset pattern russet at base, occasionally on body
Harvest & storage
- Harvest
- early
region: Region in United States
treefruit.wsu.edu ↗Context & source
- /observation/region
- Region in United States
- /observation/method
- extension_description
- Ripening
- At harvest, a green background turning pale green or white may indicate maturity.
region: Region in United States
postharvest.ucdavis.edu ↗Context & source
- /observation/region
- Region in United States
- /observation/method
- extension_description
In US stores
Usual monthsToday, Oct 23From United States · Usual months
Oct · Supply recorded
- Supply recorded
Usual supply in the source records; not live store stock.
Origin & family
Where Gala began
Recorded origin
Greytown, Wairarapa
New Zealand
- Crossed
- 1934
Gala’s family
28 varieties · 27 recorded linksArrows follow parents → children
This variety
Gala
Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand
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On the label
Produce label codes recorded for Gala
4132413341344135
Organic labels add a leading 9.
Field notes
Original source notes
- size
- medium · United Kingdomnationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- shape
- conical · United Kingdomnationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- flesh colour
- yellow · United Kingdomnationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- sweetness
- high · United Kingdomnationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- texture
- firm, crisp, juicy · United Kingdompostharvest.ucdavis.edu ↗nationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- aroma
- Aromatic. · United Kingdomnationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- season timing
- early · Washingtontreefruit.wsu.edu ↗
- skin colour ripe
- pink, orange, yellow · Washingtontreefruit.wsu.edu ↗
- sweetness
- high · Washingtontreefruit.wsu.edu ↗
- ripeness cue
- At harvest, a green background turning pale green or white may indicate maturity. · Californiapostharvest.ucdavis.edu ↗
Fruit & tree
- sports
- Royal Gala Galaxy Prince Gala Nanni
- flavour
- sweet, slightly subacid
- ribbing
- strongly ribbed at eye, ribbed on body
- parentage
- Kidd's Orange Red x Golden Delicious
- fruit size
- medium
- fruit shape
- intermediate to tall, rectangular to truncate-conic, convex
- fruit width
- 62-70 mm
- over colour
- bright orange-red flush and deeper stripes
- russet type
- russet at base, occasionally on body
- flesh colour
- yellow
- fruit height
- 59-65 mm
- skin texture
- smooth, rather tough
- flesh texture
- crisp
- ground colour
- yellow