Disappearance of the father of the Pink Lady® apple

John Cripps was born in England in 1927 and moved to Australia in 1955 to work for the Western Australia Department of Agriculture. In this context, he developed the variety Cripps Pink, a cross between the variety Lady Williams and the variety Golden Delicious, which was then marketed under the name Pink Lady®.

 

"It took 25 years of research to develop the genetics of the Pink Lady apple. He was looking for a particular taste, red color, sweetness, crunch, earliness and good conservation, so that it could survive for a long time in the room. cold, so it can be exported," said her daughter, Dr Helen Cripps who shared that the family were proud of their contribution to horticulture and the apple industry, both in Australia and internationally.

 

Since its launch in 1991 the Pink Lady® apple variety has gained international acclaim and continues to be one of the most popular apples in the world. Pink Lady® also paved the way for the marketing of premium fruit, being among the 1st fresh produce in the world to be trademarked, requiring apples to meet strict quality standards to carry the label of the variety.

 

 

John Cripps was also the originator of Cripps Red, a late variety of the Pink Lady marketed as Sundowner and Joya.