General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Tree
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| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun
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| Water Preferences: |
Mesic
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| Minimum cold hardiness: |
Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
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| Plant Height: |
15 to 30 feet |
| Plant Spread: |
10 to 20 feet |
| Leaves: |
Deciduous
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| Fruit: |
Showy
Edible to birds
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| Flowers: |
Showy
Fragrant
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| Flower Color: |
Other: Pink and white
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| Flower Time: |
Spring
Late spring or early summer
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| Uses: |
Shade Tree
Flowering Tree
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| Edible Parts: |
Fruit
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| Dynamic Accumulator: |
K (Potassium)
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| Wildlife Attractant: |
Bees
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| Pollinators: |
Various insects
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| Awards and Recognitions: |
RHS AGM
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| Parentage: |
Golden Delicious x Kidd's Orange Red |
| Child plants: |
16 child plants |
Posted by
valleylynn (Oregon City, OR - Zone 8b) on Dec 7, 2011 7:43 PM concerning plant:
Early to mid season apple that is very juicy and sweet. Stores well.
Acceptable cross pollinaters are: 'Akane', 'Liberty', and 'Spartan'.
Careful early training, annual pruning and shaping are required to insure healthy and productive trees. Apples need a dormant period to produce fruit. Zones 5 to 8.
Flowers are fragrant, long lasting, single,
Very susceptible to fire blight.
A cross between a Golden Delicious and a Kidd's Orange Red planted in New Zealand in the 1930s by orchardist J.H. Kidd. Donald W. McKenzie, an employee of Stark Bros Nursery, obtained a US plant patent for the cultivar on October 15, 1974.
There are many sports of M. 'Gala'.
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