GALA II

KNIP or “knip-boom” is one of the most productive and best-known apple tree training systems for modern, proSLENDER SPINDLE This is the most used training system for modern apple orchards. The trees are wider at the bottom and get narrower towards the top, which gives them a cone-shaped appearance. The side branches also get shorter further up the top. This system is suitable for low-vigour areas, where the required pruning will not result in exaggerated vegetal expansion. Second-year “knip-booms” are the ideal nursery stock when it comes to planting and growing the crops faster, but well feathered first-year stocks with strong lateral branches are also excellent. Opening the branch angles by weighing

Growth of this variety is medium to weak, not a typical spur variety, upright branch growing habit, fast and highly productive variety. So-called half-spur variety forms flower buds also on one-year stems. It is blossoming just before Golden Delicious. POLLINATORS: Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Gala, Fuji, Idared FRUIT APPEARANCE: Shape of this variety is oblong, conic, mildly ribbed. Very attractive, uniform, and intense red color on the whole surface of the fruit, with lenticels. The flesh of this variety is juicy, white in color, firm to soft but crisp, and the taste is sweet with almost no acidity. FRUIT SIZE: Medium-large fruit size. HARVEST: Middle to end of September, similar to Golden Delicious. COMMERCIAL USE: Highly productive and great and storage capability. It can be kept in storage for 3 months, in cold storage until Feb

Trees of this variety have medium growth, flowering in midseason to late, around the same time as Golden Delicious. Characterized by high and stable yields. POLLINATORS: Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Red Delicious, Fuji FRUIT APPEARANCE: Shape of this variety is conical, flattened. Skin is smooth, non-glossy, entirely covered in intense dark red color. It gains color very early. The flesh is yellow-colored, juicy, very balanced sweetness, low on acidity. FRUIT SIZE: Medium HARVEST: Second half - end of August up to the beginning of September COMMERCIAL USE: Gains coloration very early and fast, stable growth and yields. Possibility of gathering fruits in one stage. Very good storage capability

Vigour of this variety is medium to strong, and branches follow a spreading and ramified growth structure. It flowers mid-season around 5 days before Golden Delicious. A spur bearer. POLLINATORS: A triploid variety, it is not suitable as a pollinator. Basically any diploid variety with the same blossom date will be a good pollinator like: Gala, Granny Smith, Idared. FRUIT APPEARANCE: Conic in shape, it has weak or no ribbing on the surface. Intensely medium-dark to dark red in color on the whole of the fruit. The flesh is firm but creamy in texture, juicy, sweetsour in taste. FRUIT SIZE: Medium to large in diameter. HARVEST: Early October. Jonaprince is an excellent and reliable yielder.