Cripps Red

Malus domestica 'Cripps Red'
Cultivar 'Cripps Red'
Origin Australia 1973[1]

'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] 'Cripps Pink' (Pink Lady) and 'Western Dawn' (Enchanted) apples have the same parentage as 'Cripps Red'.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Apple variety: Cripps Red (SundownerTM fresh apple product), NSW Department of Primary Industries
  2. Apple varieties, NSW Department of Primary Industries
  3. 1 2 Successful apple breeding – patience, perseverance and luck: New varieties, Government of Western Australia: Department of Agriculture and Food, retrieved 7 November 2015
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