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Apple
Gala 
Cherry
Belle Agathe 
Apple
Golden Harvey 
Apple
Antonovka Kamenichka 
Apple
Winter Gem 
SummaryOne of the most widely-grown apple varieties, with a sweet pleasant flavour, and good keeping qualities.
Roundish ovoid. Very firm, fibrous.
Intense, sweet, sharp-flavored russet apple famous for strong cider.
A culinary apple from the Ukraine, possibly a more colored form of Antonovka.
A late-season modern English apple with a good aromatic flavour.

Identification

Gala
Belle Agathe
Golden Harvey
Antonovka Kamenichka
Winter Gem
Fruit colour
Red + Yellow



Flesh colourWhite to Cream, pale yellow




Fruit sizeSmall

Small


Fruit shapeShort-round-conical




Using

Gala
Belle Agathe
Golden Harvey
Antonovka Kamenichka
Winter Gem
FlavorGood

Very good
Good
Exceptional
Flavour styleSweeter

Sweet/Sharp
Sharper
Aromatic
Ripening period

Mid season
Mid season

Use/Keeping3 months or more



1-2 months
Cooking result




Growing

Gala
Belle Agathe
Golden Harvey
Antonovka Kamenichka
Winter Gem
Picking




CroppingGood
Good


Light
VigourAverage growth

Large
Large
Slightly large
PollinationFlowering group 4
Partially self-fertile
Blossom frost-resistance
Self-sterile
Flowering group 3
Flowers Mid season
Self-sterile
Flowering group 3
Flowers Mid season
Self-sterile
Flowering group 3
Self-sterile
Gardening skillAverage

Average
Very easy
Average
ProblemsCanker - Some susceptibility
Scab - Very susceptible
Mildew - Some susceptibility
Fireblight - Some susceptibility
Woolly aphid - Some susceptibility
Cedar apple rust - Some susceptibility
Canker - Some resistance
Brown rot - Some resistance
Fruit splitting - Some resistance
Scab - Some resistance
Fireblight - Some resistance
Scab - Some susceptibility
Bitter pit - Very resistant

Other

Gala
Belle Agathe
Golden Harvey
Antonovka Kamenichka
Winter Gem
Country of originNew Zealand
Canada
United Kingdom
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Other qualitiesAwards 1993