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Apple
Pink Lady 
Apple
Clark's Seedling 
Apple
Arlet 
Apple
Discovery 
Apple
Skinner's Seedling 
SummaryOne of the best-known modern apples, Pink Lady is actually a trademark and the variety is more correctly known as Cripps Pink.
An English culinary apple from the 1920s, uncertain origins. Widely known as Royal George.
A sweet mid-season dessert apple, developed in Switzerland and related to Golden Delicious.
A popular English early apple variety, and a good choice for the garden.
Greenish-yellow apple, blushed pink, good for cooking and eating. Flesh white and fine-grained.

Identification

Pink Lady
Clark's Seedling
Arlet
Discovery
Skinner's Seedling
Fruit colourRed

Red


Flesh colourWhite to Cream, pale yellow


White to Cream, pale yellow

Fruit sizeMedium


Small

Fruit shapeRound


Flat

Using

Pink Lady
Clark's Seedling
Arlet
Discovery
Skinner's Seedling
FlavorExceptional


Good

Flavour styleSweet/Sharp


Sweet/Sharp

Ripening period
Early season
Mid season


Use/Keeping3 months or more

3 months or more
1 week

Cooking result




Growing

Pink Lady
Clark's Seedling
Arlet
Discovery
Skinner's Seedling
Picking




CroppingGood

Good
Good

VigourAverage growth
Slightly large
Average growth
Slightly small

PollinationFlowering group 3
Self-sterile
Flowering group 2
Flowers Early season
Flowering group 3
Flowers Mid season
Self-sterile
Flowering group 3
Self-sterile
Blossom frost-resistance
Gardening skillAverage


Very easy

ProblemsScab - Some susceptibility
Mildew - Some susceptibility
Fireblight - Very susceptible
Woolly aphid - Some susceptibility
Cedar apple rust - Very susceptible
Scab - Some susceptibility
Mildew - Some susceptibility
Cedar apple rust - Very susceptible
Canker - Some resistance
Scab - Very resistant

Other

Pink Lady
Clark's Seedling
Arlet
Discovery
Skinner's Seedling
Country of originAustralia
United Kingdom
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
Other qualitiesAwards 1993