{"product_id":"gala-apple-tree","title":"Gala Apple Tree","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe crisp, honey-sweet apple that turned millions of people into apple lovers — now growing in your own backyard.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGala is a New Zealand-bred cross of Kidd's Orange Red and Golden Delicious, and it's become one of the most popular apples in the world for good reason. Small-to-medium fruit with thin yellow skin striped and blushed in red-orange. Inside: pale cream, fine-grained flesh with a mild, sweet, low-acid flavor that needs no sugar. The quintessential snacking apple, equally at home sliced into salads, baked whole, or pressed for a sweet, fragrant cider.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat I love about it\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGala is the apple that converts people. The sweetness is natural and clean — no tartness to get past, no acquired taste required. Kids love it. Adults love it. It bears abundantly and consistently once established, and the spring bloom is genuinely beautiful: clouds of pink-white blossoms that give way to glowing red-and-gold fruit by fall. It stores well in the refrigerator for several weeks to months, so a single tree feeds you long past harvest. Plant a second compatible apple nearby for cross-pollination and you'll have more apples than you know what to do with. 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