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| Apple Gala | Cherry Belle Agathe | Apple Golden Harvey | Apple Antonovka Kamenichka | Apple Winter Gem | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | One 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 colour | White to Cream, pale yellow | ||||
| Fruit size | Small | Small | |||
| Fruit shape | Short-round-conical | ||||
Using | Gala | Belle Agathe | Golden Harvey | Antonovka Kamenichka | Winter Gem |
| Flavor | Good | Very good | Good | Exceptional | |
| Flavour style | Sweeter | Sweet/Sharp | Sharper | Aromatic | |
| Ripening period | Mid season | Mid season | |||
| Use/Keeping | 3 months or more | 1-2 months | |||
| Cooking result | |||||
Growing | Gala | Belle Agathe | Golden Harvey | Antonovka Kamenichka | Winter Gem |
| Picking | |||||
| Cropping | Good | Good | Light | ||
| Vigour | Average growth | Large | Large | Slightly large | |
| Pollination | Flowering 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 skill | Average | Average | Very easy | Average | |
| Problems | Canker - 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 origin | New Zealand | Canada | United Kingdom | Ukraine | United Kingdom |
| Other qualities | Awards 1993 |