| Malus domestica Cripps Red | |
|---|---|
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| 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
- ^ a b c Apple variety: Cripps Red (SundownerTM fresh apple product), NSW Department of Primary Industries, archived from the original on 2016-02-03, retrieved 2015-11-07
- ^ Apple varieties, NSW Department of Primary Industries, archived from the original on 2015-11-21, retrieved 2015-11-07
- ^ a b 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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