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| Apple Gala | Cherry Belle Agathe | Apple Golden Harvey | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||
Identification | Gala | Belle Agathe | Golden Harvey | ||
| 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 | ||
| Flavor | Good | Very good | |||
| Flavour style | Sweeter | Sweet/Sharp | |||
| Ripening period | Mid season | ||||
| Use/Keeping | 3 months or more | ||||
| Cooking result | |||||
Growing | Gala | Belle Agathe | Golden Harvey | ||
| Picking | |||||
| Cropping | Good | Good | |||
| Vigour | Average growth | Large | |||
| Pollination | Flowering group 4 Partially self-fertile Blossom frost-resistance | Self-sterile | Flowering group 3 Flowers Mid season Self-sterile | ||
| Gardening skill | Average | 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 | Golden Harvey | ||
| Country of origin | New Zealand | Canada | United Kingdom | ||
| Other qualities | Awards 1993 |