Pink Lady® Apple

**The Original Trademarked Apple: Sweet-Tart, Crisp, and Sparkling Fizz** The **Pink Lady®** is a registered trademark brand name for the **Cripps Pink** apple cultivar. It was one of the first apples to be successfully marketed under a brand, ensuring strict quality standards for sugar, firmness, color, and blemishes. * **Appearance:** Distinctive for its **gorgeous rosy-pink blush** over a pale yellow-green background. It has a high percentage of color, which develops from long, sun-ripened exposure on the tree. * **Taste and Texture:** Pink Lady apples are known for their signature "fizz" or effervescent finish. The flavor is a **perfect, complex balance of sweet and tart** (high sugars and high acids), often leaning slightly toward the tart side. The flesh is **firm, dense, and exceptionally crisp** with a juicy bite. * **Key Characteristics:** * **Long Growing Season:** It requires an exceptionally long, hot growing period (about 200 days) to develop its color and flavor, as it is one of the first to blossom and the last to be harvested. * **Slow to Brown:** The white flesh is naturally slow to oxidize, making it excellent for salads and fresh-cut applications. * **Origin:** It was bred in 1973 by John Cripps at the Western Australia Department of Agriculture, as a cross between the Australian apple **Lady Williams** and the American classic **Golden Delicious*