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Apple Gala | Cherry Belle Agathe | ||||
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Summary | One of the most widely-grown apple varieties, with a sweet pleasant flavour, and good keeping qualities. | Roundish ovoid. Very firm, fibrous. | |||
Identification | Gala | Belle Agathe | |||
Fruit colour | Red + Yellow | ||||
Flesh colour | White to Cream, pale yellow | ||||
Fruit size | Small | ||||
Fruit shape | Short-round-conical | ||||
Using | Gala | Belle Agathe | |||
Flavor | Good | ||||
Flavour style | Sweeter | ||||
Ripening period | |||||
Use/Keeping | 3 months or more | ||||
Cooking result | |||||
Growing | Gala | Belle Agathe | |||
Picking | |||||
Cropping | Good | Good | |||
Vigour | Average growth | ||||
Pollination | Flowering group 4 Partially self-fertile Blossom frost-resistance | Self-sterile | |||
Gardening skill | 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 | |||
Other | Gala | Belle Agathe | |||
Country of origin | New Zealand | Canada | |||
Other qualities | Awards 1993 |