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CRIPPS PINK is in expansion mode Better-coloring and earlier-maturing strains should expand the areas where the variety can be produced. by Geraldine Warner A Lady in Red is one of several highly colored strains of Cripps Pink that will be marketed as Pink Lady. Lady in Red will be the variety name marked on the shipping cartons. Shelving bout half the Cripps Pink apples being planted worldwide are new, improved mutations, which could help expand production of the variety. Cripps Pink, which was bred in Western Australia, was introduced to the mar- ket in 1990. Over the past 15 years, a number of mutations of the Cripps Pink apple have been discovered in growers' orchards. Rosy Glow, a highly colored strain of Cripps Pink, was discovered in South Australia in 1997 and commercialized after several years of testing. Several more mutations have been discovered. Most are more highly colored than the original, but a couple mature earlier, and one is a spur type. Better-coloring strains offer the potential of higher packouts overall and better fruit color in hotter growing areas. Cripps Pink is one of the latest-maturing commercial built to meet Storage Solutions . . . Delivered to your site 30 Fire Protection Contaiment Pan New and Ventilation Used Refurbished Buildings Available 8 x 8 10 x 30 Contact us at 30 509 88or4-0555 www.rentmestorage.com 42 MARCH 15, 2012 GOOD FRUIT GROWER www.goodfruit.com THE SPIDER POLE Cherry Thinner NNO MORE LS! ORDER TODAY NEW Call Foothills EW Call Today! Photo courtesy coregeo