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Apple
Gala 
Cherry
Belle Agathe 

 

 

 
SummaryOne 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 colourWhite to Cream, pale yellow




Fruit sizeSmall




Fruit shapeShort-round-conical




Using

Gala
Belle Agathe



FlavorGood




Flavour styleSweeter




Ripening period




Use/Keeping3 months or more




Cooking result




Growing

Gala
Belle Agathe



Picking




CroppingGood
Good



VigourAverage growth




PollinationFlowering group 4
Partially self-fertile
Blossom frost-resistance
Self-sterile
Gardening skillAverage




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

Other

Gala
Belle Agathe



Country of originNew Zealand
Canada



Other qualitiesAwards 1993