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8S-69-23
type: Dessert
synonyms: Aurora Golden Gala, Aurora Golden. Sometimes also Aurora, but this is also a synonym for the Cayuga Redstreak , Twenty Ounce and Braeburn Joburn .
summary: Better known as Aurora Golden Gala, this excellent fresh-eating apple was developed in western Canada, but it is to some degree overlooked by commercial orchards because of its tendency to bruise in the course of mechanical picking.
identification: Medium size. Round tending to conic with faint ribbing. The skin is on the thin side, glossy and smooth. Base colour is greenish-yellow maturing to yellow, sometimes with a blush of faint red covering less than 10% on the sun-exposed face. The blush is most common when grown in areas where the nights are cool prior to harvest. A waxy feel develops after long storage, also when the apple is picked over-ripe. The stem is medium long, stout and set in a deep, moderately narrow cavity, which is often russetted.
characteristics: The flesh is cream in colour, crisp and breaking, firm and juicy with a fresh, nutty and sweet taste with a bit of tartness. Look for intense honey and tropical notes. The flesh browns quickly when exposed to air.
origins: This is one of three seedlings -- along with SPA 493 and Nicola -- selected at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at the Summerland Research Station in Summerland, British Columbia (Canada) from a cross-pollinating of Splendour with Kidd's D-8 carried out in 1981 by D. Lane and R. MacDonald. Selected for testing in 1996 at the Okanagan Plant Improvement Company and released in 2003.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, spreading tree which starts to bear fruit fairly young. Fruit grows on spurs and short shoots as well as on one-year branches. There seems to be no tendency to become biennial or to drop fruit prior to harvest. Thinning is necessary due to an extremely heavy fruit set after flowering. The apples tend to cling to the tree when ready to harvest.
cold storage: Keeps up to six months and best after one month.
vulnerabilities: Susceptible to scab, partially resistant to mildew.
harvest: Ready for harvest early in the fourth period.
notes: The name Aurora Golden Gala was adopted from numerous among entries received in the course of an Internet based contest sponsored by Agriculture and Agri-Foods Canada. The winning entry was submitted by Daphne Biggs of Ottawa, Ontario.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 10
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 24
harvest period: 4
hardiness: 4
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