Flesh colour is green-white. Fresh fruit has firm but tender flesh which is juicy and particularly sweet for the season. The overall eating quality is very good. Tree-ripened fruit are of superb quality in early February. Sansa' has excellent potential as a fresh market apple available 2 weeks before 'Gala'.
Trees are of medium vigour.
Cropping has tended to be light on young trees, which may be a result of late flowering. Thus flowering has come forward as the tree aged and this season resulted in good set and crop load. Results from U.S.A. 'Sansa' was introduced into the United States in 1986 and obtained a U.S. plant patent in 1989. It has been extensively trialled in several locations in the United States both on the East and West coasts and rated as one of the top 10 new varieties in 1993. Some testers have rated the quality as good as 'Gala'.