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Royal Gala is a cultivar of apple, with a mild and sweet flavor.
Gala apples are small and are usually red with a portion being greenish or yellow-green, vertically striped.
They are fairly resistant to bruising and are sweet, grainy, with a mild flavour and a thinner skin than most apples. They are also considered to be a very soft eating apple due to their lack of crispiness, well-suited for denture wearers.
Royal Gala is a cultivar resulting from a sport of the Gala apple in the 1970s. It is a pink-red dessert apple and is therefore usually eaten fresh. Royal Galas are usually harvested in early to late February.
Gala apples were developed in New Zealand in the 1920s by orchardist J.H. Kidd. They are a cross between a Golden Delicious and a Kidd's Orange Red. Many sports of Gala have been selected, mostly for increased red colour, including the popular Royal Gala.
Gala apples are grown from September through June, but like most apples are available almost all year through the use of cold storage and controlled atmosphere storage. Australian Gala are available from late January. California fruit is available until October.
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Last Updated: 08/28/2007 12:09:55 PM
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