Aurora Golden Gala (
cultivar
A cultivar is a kind of Horticulture, cultivated plant that people have selected for desired phenotypic trait, traits and which retains those traits when Plant propagation, propagated. Methods used to propagate cultivars include division, root a ...
8S6923) is a cross between the apples '
Splendour' and '
Gala
Gala may refer to:
Music
* ''Gala'' (album), a 1990 album by the English alternative rock band Lush
* Gala (singer), Italian singer and songwriter
*'' Gala – The Collection'', a 2016 album by Sarah Brightman
* GALA Choruses, an association of ...
'. It was named in 2003 in a nationwide "Name the Apple" contest.
Aurora Golden Gala is a yellow
dessert apple. It is harvested mid-season.
The fruit are medium in size, very crisp, juicy, aromatic, sweet, and they store well.
Currently Aurora Golden Gala is only available in Canada and the United States. The cultivar was made at the
Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre
The Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre (previously known as the Dominion Experimental Farm at Summerland and Summerland Research Station) is an agricultural research centre in British Columbia, Canada. The centre has been historically important in ...
(PARC),
Summerland, BC.
References
Dessert apples
Apple cultivars
Canadian apples
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