Apple ‘Royal Gala’

Apple ‘Royal Gala’ produces medium-sized apples that are red-streaked with fine-textured flesh that is crisp, sweet, and juicy. The fruit matures in mid-summer, while the pink buds on Apple ‘Royal Gala’ develop into white flowers during spring. To ensure proper pollination, Apple ‘Royal Gala’ requires cross-pollination from other cultivars such as Apple ‘Gala’, Apple ‘Golden Delicious’, Apple ‘Granny Smith’, Apple ‘Monty’s Surprise’, and Apple ‘Initial’. Apple is deciduous and native to Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and China. Apple ‘Royal Gala’ was developed in the early 1900s by James Hutton Kidd in Greytown, New Zealand. The seedlings he developed were transferred to the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, who released Apple ‘Royal Gala’.