Growing large Galas, especially in the eastern United States, is challenging, though it can be done by combining aggressive pruning, thinning, high fertilization, and irrigation. But does it pay to produce large sizes? Galas, now a staple variety throughout the country, can command a significant premium for large fruit in the 80- to 88-count sizes, said Dr. Terence Robinson, horticulturist at Cornell University’s Geneva, New York, research station. “But the problem on the East Coast, and elsewhere, is that we grow a lot of small ones.” He explained that the popular variety is predisposed towards small sizes—it is genetically small […]