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Cripps Pink is a cultivar of apple.It is one of several cultivars sold under the trademark name Pink Lady. [1] It was originally bred by John Cripps at the Western Australia Department of Agriculture (Stoneville Research Station), by crossing the Australian apple Lady Williams with a Golden Delicious; the result is a combination of the firm, long-storing property of Lady Williams with the ...
The Pink Lady/Cripps Pink apple isn’t a new variety — it was created back in the 1970s by British-Australian horticulturalist John Cripps, who had the idea to cross-pollinate Golden Delicious ...
The Api Etoile, also known as Star Apple, [5] Pomme Etoilée, [5] or Star Lady Apple, [2] [6] is an apple cultivar notable for its five prominent knobs giving it the appearance of a star. It falls into the Api family of apple cultivars. [5] The Api Etoile is a rare cultivar. It is cultivated at a few specialty orchards. [3]
Maud and Arthur Williams owned the farm in Donnybrook, Western Australia, on which the tree that this chance seedling sprung from. [3] Maud was instrumental in recognizing the potential of this new apple and it is named after her. [4] Lady Williams is the pollen parent of Cripps Pink, [5] Cripps Red and Western Dawn (Enchanted). [6]
WA 64 is a hybrid apple variety developed at Washington State University (WSU). It is a Honeycrisp crossed with Pink Lady apple. [1] [2] The first WA 64 apples were planted at the Stemilt Growers orchard in Quincy, Washington in 2015. [3] Availability at retail to the public may begin in 2029, six years after its introduction in 2023. [4]
Cripps Red is a cultivar of apples; the fruit are eaten fresh. The original tree was bred by John Cripps from Golden Delicious × Lady Williams. [1] The fruit mature very late in the season. [2] Cripps Red fruit can be marketed as Sundowner apples, if they are sufficiently good quality [1] and are also sold as Joya in Europe. [3]
Unlike many early apples, the fruits remain on the tree long enough to ensure ripening. Although most references state that this is an early producing tree, the best fruits can be harvested later in the year: from late August to October the fruits become deep pinkish-red and the flesh is also pink.
1865 watercolor of an Api apple by Alphonse Mas. The Lady is a historic apple cultivar originating in Brittany, France in at least 1628. The cultivar has gained a variety of known names in English, and is commonly referred to as Api or the Lady Apple. [a] As a seedling, the apple has the names Helen and Highland Beauty.