Galia
When May arrives, Galia joins Hortiberia's programme and stays until October as one of the group's summer melons. Its netted rind, turning from green to yellow as it ripens, and its pale green flesh make it easy to identify on the shelf; the very high total soluble solids content that defines the variety explains the loyalty European consumers show it.
Availability
Technical data
- Category
- Melons and Watermelons
- Calibers
- 3,4,5,6,8,10,12,14,16
- Weight
- 700 - 1800 g
- Transport temperature
- 7º - 8º
- Packaging
- Cardboard box
5kg – Europalet 104 – Palet 130
6 kg – Europalet 120 – Palet 150
10 / 12 kg – Europalet 60 – Palet 75 - Guarantees
- GLOBALG.A.P. and IFS across the group's growers · lot and farm traceability
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Full product sheet
Six-month season
Declared availability runs from May to October. It overlaps with watermelon and follows on from the winter Cantaloupe and Canary melon, so a buyer can keep melon listed all year by combining the group's references and switching variety in the handover months.
Weight, counts and formats
Fruit weighs between 700 and 1800 g and is graded into counts 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16. Cardboard-box packing comes in three weights with their palletisation:
- 5 kg box: Euro pallet 104 – Pallet 130.
- 6 kg box: Euro pallet 120 – Pallet 150.
- 10/12 kg box: Euro pallet 60 – Pallet 75.
Pallet figures refer to boxes per Euro pallet and per 100×120 pallet respectively.
Temperature and control
Galia travels at 7-8 °C. The fruit continues to ripen after harvest, so the cutting point in the field and the speed of cooling set the marketing window at destination. The group's growers work under standards such as GLOBALG.A.P. and IFS and the equivalents required by retail chains, with traceability by lot and field and compliance with EU rules on plant-protection residues and labelling.
Galia programmes are usually closed in spring, with count and box format defined for the whole season and weekly volume reviews according to how the fields ripen. For customers already receiving Cantaloupe in winter, the switch to Galia in May takes place on the same packing and the same pallet build, which keeps the handover simple for the receiving platform.
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