Pink Lady apple identification
One of the best-known modern apples, Pink Lady is actually a trademark and the variety is more correctly known as Cripps Pink. Parentage: Golden Delicious x Lady Williams. Introduced / discovered in Late 20th century.
Identification
- Flesh colour - White to Cream, pale yellow
- Fruit size - Medium
- Fruit size - Large
- Fruit shape - Round
- Fruit shape - Oblong
- Shape features - Anglular (flat-sided)
- Shape features - Regular, round
- Shape features - Ribbed
- Shape features - Prominent uneven ribs
- Shape features - Slightly, broadly, obscurely ribbed
- Shape features - Ribbed cavity to basin
- Shape features - Unusual shape
- Shape features (vertical view) - Lop-sided, unequal sides, irregular
- Shape features (vertical view) - Symmetrical
- Shape features (vertical view) - Variable, dissimilar shapes
- Shape uniformity - Lack Uniformity in size & shape
- Shape uniformity - Pentangular, 5 sided
- Seeds - size - Small
- Seeds - size - Medium
- Core - Abaxile / Irregular
- Core - Axile / Symmetrical
- Core - Closed
- Core - Open
- Seeds - point - Obtuse
- Seeds - characteristics - Abortive
- Seeds - characteristics - Many
- Seeds - characteristics - Plump
- Core - lines - Moderate
- Core - lines - Narrow
- Core - lines meeting - Base of calyx tube
- Calyx / Sepals- Opening - Small
- Calyx / Sepals- Opening - Medium
- Calyx / Sepals - Size - Medium
- Calyx / Sepals - Size - Short
- Calyx / Sepals - Width - Medium
- Calyx / Sepals - Width - Wide
- Calyx Tube - Shape - Conic
- Calyx Tube - Length - Medium
- Calyx Tube - Size - Medium
- Calyx Tube - Stamen - Median
- Calyx Tube - Stamen - Basal
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Leafy
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Pubescent
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Green with brown tips
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Closed
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Partially Open
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Connivent
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Reflexed
- Russet - Not present
- Russet % coverage - Low
- Russet % coverage - Absent
- All green or yellow - Other colors present
- Skin color (when ripe) - Red
- Skin color (when ripe) - Red (+/or) Pink to Pale Pink
- Skin color (when ripe) - Yellow (+/or) Green with some Red (+/or) Pink
- Skin blush - Present
- Skin blush (color) - Pink to Pinkish Red Copper
- Scarf skin - Not present
- Suture lines - Not present
- Bloom - Not present
- Skin waxy or greasy - Waxy or greasy (fresh or stored)
- Skin waxy or greasy - No waxiness or greasiness present
- Skin feel - Hammering, peening, tiny pits, shallow dimples
- Skin feel - Not smooth, Rough
- Skin feel - Smooth
- Stripes - Stripes present
- Stripes - No stripes
- Stripes (details) - Washed - faded
- Stripes (color) - Pink
- Stripes (color) - Red
- Stem (length) - Medium
- Stem (length) - Long
- Stem (thickness) - Variable
- Stem (thickness) - Slender
- Stem (thickness) - Medium
- Stem cavity (russet) - Usually Russet Free
- Stem (position) - Inclined, Oblique, laying to the side
- Stem (position) - Slightly Oblique
- Stem (details) - Curved
- Stem (details) - Knobby, Clubbed
- Stem (color) - Brown
- Stem (color) - Green
- Stem Cavity (protruberances) - Flat, Smooth
- Stem Cavity (protruberances) - Compressed
- Stem Cavity (protruberances) - Furrows, Corrugated
- Stem Cavity (side view depth) - Medium
- Stem Cavity (side view depth) - Deep
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Flat
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Green
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Red
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Shiny, Smooth
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Silvery Gray
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Yellow
- Stem Cavity (slope to stem) - Steep, Acuminate slope
- Stem Cavity (slope to stem) - Acute, Medium Slope
- Stem Cavity (top view orientation) - Oblique - slanted to one side
- Stem Cavity (top view orientation) - Symmetrical
- Stem Cavity (top view width) - Moderate, Medium width
- Stem Cavity (top view width) - Wide, Broad
- Basin skin - Red
- Basin skin - Yellow
- Basin skin - Bloom, Scarf, Waxy, Dusty
- Basin skin - Green
- Basin width - Moderate
- Basin width - Broad
- Basin russet - Usually Russet free
- Basin (top view) - Uneven, Oblique, Slanted
- Basin (top view) - Symmetrical, Round
- Basin (side view slope to eye) - Tight, Acuminate
- Basin (side view slope to eye) - Tight to medium slope
- Basin (side view slope to eye) - Acute, Regular, Medium slope
- Basin (side view depth) - Medium depth
- Basin (side view depth) - Deep
- Basin (side view depth) - Variable depth
- Basin (protruberances) - Ridged, Ribbed
- Basin (protruberances) - Undulate, Furrowed, Wavy, Puckered
- Basal lobes - Present, Crowned, or 5-lobed
- Basal lobes - Slightly present
- Basal lobes - Not present
- Dots (description) - Green
- Dots (description) - Light colored, pale, greyed
- Dots (description) - Pink
- Dots (description) - Same color as background
- Dots (description) - Stellate
- Dots (description) - Submerged / Depressed
- Dots (description) - White
- Dots (numbers) - Numerous
- Dots (size) - Medium
- Dots (skin lenticels) - Conspicuous, prominent, distinct
- Dots (skin lenticels) - Lenticels conspicuous
- Dots (skin lenticels) - Inconspicuous, not prominent
- Dots (spread) - Enter the stem cavity
- Dots (spread) - From Basin lessening toward Cavity
- Flesh (staining) - Not present
- Flesh (texture) - Crisp, Breaking into chuncks
- Flesh (texture) - Firm, Hard
- Flesh (grain) - Fine
- Flesh (grain) - Medium
- Flesh (juiciness) - Juicy or Very Juicy
Using
- Uses - Eat fresh
- Flavour quality - Exceptional
- Flavour quality - Very good
- Flavour style - Aromatic
- Flavour style - Sweet/Sharp
- Harvest period - Very-Late season
- Only sweet flavor - Tart, sub-acid, or bitter flavor detected
Growing
- Flowering group - 3
- Fruit bearing - Spur-bearer
- First planted - After 1950
References
- 'Apples for the 21st Century' by Manhart
- Pink Lady - tasting notes, history, and pedigree on OrangePippin.com