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Cripps Pink
type: Cider, Dessert, Ornamental, Pie, Sauce
synonyms: The Cripps Pink name is owned and licensed by the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia. Also marketed as Pink Kiss, Pink Rose, Swiss Lady. Pinkabelle is a Cripps Pink grafted onto dwarfing rootstock such as M9 or M27. The European market proposed "Wild Pink" as a marketing name.
summary: This supermarket apple was developed in Australia from a planned cross of Lady Williams and Golden Delicious carried out in 1973. Long storage life.
identification: Medium size to large, round conic, higher than wide. The base skin colour is yellow over which are pink-orange blushes and broken stripes. Little or no russeting. Tender and thin skin. The calyx basin is deep and wide.
characteristics: The flesh is firm, dense and finely textured. High sugar content with good acid balance. Juicy with what has been described as a Champagne fizz.
uses: This is one of the few apples which are tolerated by people suffering from apple allergies.
origins: Created, along with the Cripps Red and Cripps Two , in 1973 by John Cripps, Senior Research Officer at the Stoneville Research Station for the Western Australian Department of Agriculture by crossing Golden Delicious and Lady Williams . It first fruited in 1979 and, along with the the Cripps Red and the Cripps Two, it was released in 1986.
cultivation: Very vigorous and upright spreading tree. Requires a long growing period (150 frost-free days) and a fairly warm climate and hence are primarily provided commercially by Australia, South Africa and some parts of the U.S.A. where the Hardiness Zone drops no cooler than 5 Degrees (Celsius). Produces annual crops with moderate harvests. In spite of its need for a warm, long summer for ripening, it is reported to tolerate winter temperatures below freezing for short periods.
mutations: PLBAR B1
cold storage: Will last up to four months in cold storage.
vulnerabilities: Susceptible in varying degrees to scab, blight and mildew. Can sometimes develop Bitter Pit when harvested prematurely.
harvest: Ready for harvest before the middle of the fourth period.
notes: The brand name Pink Lady is reserved for a small segment of the total crop which meets a standard of colour and acid balance outlined by the Apple and Pear Australia Limited which owns the Pink Lady trademark. The remainder of the crop is sold under the Cripps Pink name.
pollination group: B
pollination peak: 6
ploidism: Diploid. Self fertile.
cold storage weeks: 16
brix: 13.5
harvest period: 4
hardiness: 6
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