Werribee Park Heritage Orchard
Cripps Red
Cripps Red
Cripps Red
Price range: $5.00 through $35.00
Description
- Origin: Golden Delicious × Lady Williams, John Cripps 1973, Stoneville Research Station, Western Australia
- Tree: Strong upright growth with wide branch angles but spurs up well Spur Bearer V2
- Pollination: Early, 7–10 days earlier than Cripps Pink, and longer period. Jerseymac, Abas, Prima
- Fruit: Medium conical to squarish, globose-oblate . Red with characteristic white lenticel spots, smooth, russet around stalk and open deep-set eye. Not prone to sunburn, russet, surface cracking, bitter pit or internal disorders and scald. Crisp and juicy flesh, sweeter than Lady Williams but not as sweet as Golden Delicious; coarser than Cripps Pink
- Harve St: Late May to early June, 3 weeks after Cripps Pink but a few weeks before Lady Williams. May tend to be biennial bearing
- Storage: Long; longer than Cripps Pink, with a good shelf life
- Uses: Eating, cooking – pies
Additional information
| Product Type | Scion, Tree |
|---|---|
| Origin | Australia |
| Product Year | 1973 |
| Harvest | L |
| Uses | Cooking, Eating |
| Vigour | V2 |
| Cooking Uses | Pie |
| Tip or Spur | Spur |
| Description | 3 weeks after Cripps Pink but a few weeks before Lady Williams. May tend to be biennial bearing Storage: Long; longer than Cripps Pink, 7–10 days earlier than Cripps Pink, Abas, and longer period. Jerseymac, bitter pit or internal disorders and scald. Crisp and juicy flesh, cooking – pies, CRIPPS RED (SUNDOWNER) Origin: Golden Delicious × Lady Williams, globose-oblate . Red with characteristic white lenticel spots, John Cripps 1973, Prima Fruit : Medium conical to squarish, russet, russet around stalk and open deep-set eye. Not prone to sunburn, smooth, Stoneville Research Station, surface cracking, sweeter than Lady Williams but not as sweet as Golden Delicious; coarser than Cripps Pink Harve st: Late May to early June, Western Australia Tree: Strong upright growth with wide branch angles but spurs up well Spur Bearer V2 Pollination: Early, with a good shelf life Uses: Eating |