Pomiferous
Welcome to the world's most extensive apples (pommes) database.
Information on over 7,000 apples is available here, all carefully researched and provided in a way that is easy to navigate.
X-4982
type: Cider, Dessert, Eating
synonyms: Marketed as Galarina
identification: Small to medium size and round conic in shape. The skin is smooth and thick. Base skin colour is green-yellow maturing to yellow which is washed across two thirds of the face or more with a flush that can vary from orange-red to dark red. Lenticels are medium in size, increasing in abundance toward the blossom basin. The basin itself is five-crowned extending as faint ribbing down the face. The skin is smooth, thick and tough. The stem is medium to long and moderately slender, set in a deep and narrow basin. Look for some russetting in the cavity.
characteristics: The yellowish-white (sometimes with red tinges close to the skin) flesh is crisp, firm and juicy. Aromatic and somewhat tart. Resists browning for several hours after being exposed to air.
uses: Intended as a fresh eating apple, this variety also lends itself to drying for apple rings and chips. It can also be considered for making cider.
origins: Developed in 1985 from a Kidd's D-8 and Florina cross-pollination at the Fruit and Ornamental Plant Breeding Unit of the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique in Angers (France) and the seedlings were subsequently tested at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's station in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec (Canada), then released by the Quebec Apple Breeding Program.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright spreading tree. Bears fruit on spurs as well as young shoots.
vulnerabilities: Highly resistant to scab as well as mildew.
harvest: Ready for harvest at the end of the fourth period. The fruit will hang on the tree well after maturity.
notes: Though very much like the Gala, this variety tends to keep its flavour better in storage.
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
harvest period: 4
hardiness: 5
Donate a cider?
©2016-2021 Pomiferous.com. All rights reserved