Sansa is one of the best-flavored and sweetest early-season apple varieties. It is similar in flavor and size to Gala, one of its parents, although as might be expected from an early-season apple it has some acidity too.
Like most early-season apples Sansa does not keep, and is best eaten straight from the tree. It can be kept fresh in a fridge for a week or so.
Aside from its short storage life, it can really be considered as an improved Gala-style apple, and is a far better choice if you want to grow apples with little or no spraying.
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Although developed for flavor rather than disease resistance, Sansa turns out to have good natural resistance to cedar apple rust, mildew, and scab - probably inherited from its Akane parent which is also naturally resistant.
Sansa is of average vigor, but a good cropper - a quality it probably inherits from Gala.
Like Gala and Akane, Sansa has a wide climate range and can be grown in most areas of the USA.
Advice on fruit tree pollination.
Japan, 1980s. A cross between Gala and Akane.
