Gala

Availability

U-pick and Bagged in the store starting September 14th 2014

Mild Sweet Flavor

With a thinner skin and mild sweet flavor, Gala is one of America's favorite eating apples. It is typically a smaller apple that is red with yellow/green vertical stripes and is fairly resistant to bruising. Their size, mellow flavor, and thin skin make them a perfect choice for kids.

Best Uses

An excellent eating apple and salad apple. It is good for sauce and fair for pies.

History of the Cultivar

Gala was developed in New Zealand in the 1920's by an orchardist J.H. Kidd. It is a cross between Golden Delicious and Kidd's Orange Reds. It was first planted in commercial orchards during the 1980's.