La Gaillarde

A crisp apple with quite a sharp flavour.

Origin: France, 1950

Pollination: La Gaillarde is a self-sterile triploid and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >

British-grown All our bare-root trees are personally hand-grafted by our Nursery Manager and grown on at our nursery in Kent. We have Defra and Plant Healthy certification. More ...

La Gaillarde apple trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2025

We do not stock this variety, but we can produce custom-graft trees for you. Trees can be grafted on any of the following rootstocks:

Form	Rootstock	Price
Maiden	M9Dwarfing	£39.00
Maiden	M26Semi-dwarfing	£39.00
Maiden	MM106Semi-vigorous	£39.00
Maiden	MM111Vigorous	£39.00
Maiden	M25Very vigorous	£39.00

Custom graft trees would be supplied in December 2026. More details of our custom grafting service here.

Characteristics of La Gaillarde apple trees

Use	Dual Cul & Des
Colour	Green
Flavour	Sharp
Fruit size	Small
Picking time	Late Oct
Season of use	Dec-Mar
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Heavy
Pollination date	13
Pollination group	D
Self-fertility	Self-sterile triploid
Pollinators	Pollination partners