Pink Lady is a dense sweet apple with attractive pink colouration. It has become a permanent feature on supermarket shelves and certainly delivers on quality. Apart from the colour, the variety is noted for its dense, hard, yellow flesh, and the sweet, though slightly bland eating experience.
Good Fruit Guide Rating: ****
For consumers who enjoy a hard, dense, sweet apple, Pink Lady will be very satisfying.
Hard, dense, sweet.
Names: Pink Lady; Cripps Pink
The Pink Lady name is licensed and can only be used if certain quality parameters are met. Those fruit that do not achieve the correct quality standard (usually for low colour or sweetness) are called Cripps Pink.
Origin: Pink Lady was developed in Western Australia by Prof. John Cripps as a cross between Lady Williams x Golden Delicious.
Grown in: Pink Lady needs a long, hot growing season, good sunlight and warmth as it matures, so is restricted to Western Australia, South Africa, parts of Chile and USA, and southern growing areas of France and Italy.
Harvest & Availability:
- January: southern Europe, USA
- February: southern Europe, USA
- March: southern Europe, USA
- April: southern Europe, USA
- May: southern Europe, USA
- June: South Africa, Argentina, Chile and Australia
- July: South Africa, Argentina, Chile and Australia
- August: South Africa, Argentina, Chile and Australia
- September: South Africa, Argentina, Chile and Australia
- October: South Africa, Argentina, Chile and Australia
- November: southern Europe, USA
- December: southern Europe, USA
Websites:
- Pink Lady UK – Marketing
- Pink Lady – International marketing
- Coregeo – Pink Lady UK PR
