Gala (apple) Gala (apple) Gala is a clonally propagated apple cultivar with a mild and sweet flavor. "Gala" apples ranked at number 2 in 2006 on the US Apple Association's list of most popular apples, after "Red Delicious" and before "Golden Delicious", "Granny Smith", and "Fuji" (in order). The skin color of the fruit is non-uniform. Recently, The US Apple Association has projected that the Gala apple will become America's favorite apple. The "Granny Smith", "Fuji", and "Honeycrisp" apples are expected to rank third, fourth and fifth, respectively. Gala apples are vertically striped or mottled, overall orange in color. They are sweet,
Mount Fuji north of Mount Fuji. After a relatively short pause, eruptions began again which formed Komitake Volcano in the same location. These eruptions ended 100,000 years ago. Ashitake Volcano was active from 400,000 to 100,000 years ago, and is located 20 km southeast of Mount Fuji. Mount Fuji started erupting 100,000 years ago, with Ko-Fuji (old-Fuji) forming 100,000 to 17,000 years ago, but which is now almost completely buried. A large landslide on the southwest flank occurred about 18,000 years ago. Shin-Fuji (new-Fuji) eruptions in the form of lava, lapilli and volcanic ash, have occurred between 17,000 and 8,000 years ago,