Prince Gala apple

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it¹:

A more highly coloured mutation of Gala. Discovered by Pepinieres Davodeau, Angers, France. Fruits are sweet, crisp and juicy with a good aromatic flavour.

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Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.

Prince Gala France
- Sport of Gala New Zealand, about 1934
  - Parent Kidd's Orange Red New Zealand, 1924
    - Parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
    - Parent Delicious United States, 1872
  - Parent Golden Delicious United States, 1905
    - Parent Grimes Golden United States, by 1804

Sources

Prince Gala (accession 1982 - 194), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the parentage; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (early october); the other names.

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