DEVIL GALA P.V.R.

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Availability (unless sold in the meantime)

	Season 2024/2025	Season 2025/2026
Trees	M9 EMLA	M9 EMLA
Trees	Geneva® G11	Unavailable

General information

Origin : Sport of Gala, Italy
Breeder : Vivai Zanzi
Licence holder : Vivai Zanzi
Picking date : one month before Golden Delicious
Fruit size : 65/80
Uses : sport of Gala suitable for the south of Europe where the colour is difficult to get. Lower picking costs. Better grade-outs

Tree description

Blossom date : Mid season (as for Golden Delicious)
Pollinator : Cox, Fuji, Golden Delicious, Idared or any other diploid variety with the same blossom date. Malus Golden Gem, Malus INRA® Baugene
Type of tree : type III (Golden Delicious)
Vigour : average
Time till first cropping / yields : rapid / good yields
Susceptibility to alternate bearing / thinning : low susceptibility to alternate bearing / difficult thinning
Susceptibility / resistance to diseases : susceptible to scab and canker

Fruit description

Fruit description : intensive red colour with stripes; excellent colour level (redder than Galaval)
Flesh / taste : crisp, juicy and sweet
Storage potential : December in cold store, from March to June in CA storage, depending on production areas and storage technologies

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