Kalei (pronounced "kay-lee") is a new apple variety developed by the Queensland Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and released in February 2013. The word is Hawaiian for "lovable".
It is already available in Australia, and trials are taking place in Europe and the USA.
Kalei is derived from Gala, but developed to be far more scab-resistant than its parent. Although we are not aware of any apples developed with GMO technology, perhaps wary of the strength of the anti-GM movement the developers stress that Kalei was developed without the use of chemicals or genetic engineering.
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
We don't have any registered trees for this variety yet.
No orchards have registered as growing this variety. If you grow this and want to register please go to our Orchard Registration form.
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