The bestselling apple in UK supermarkets, the Gala is loved by retailers due to its propensity to produce Class I fruit and availability all year round. The cultivar is an hybrid of Kidd's Orange Red, Golden Delicious and Red Delicious, three of the world's most important cultivars, possessing a nice mix of their qualities, being both aromatic and sweet. Variable in appearance, its fruit's colour changes with maturity, becoming redder with time.