Cripps Apple comparison

Cripps Pink (Pink Lady), Early Cripps (Early Pink Lady), and Cripps Red (Sundowner).

I’m not sure which Lady to plant with my Williams Pride, Wickson Crab, and King David. Supposedly, all would be compatible for rootstock/pollination/zone and it’s just a matter of taste.

Can anyone weigh in on their flavor differences? Any anecdotes on growing these in zone (9b/10a)?

Cripps Red is not the same as Cripps Pink (Pink Lady) and probably inferior. There are three ”Early Pink Lady’s" that are limb mutations of Cripps Pink. They are Maslin, Barnsby and Pinkebelle. In a region with a long growing season Cripps Pink would be fine. Read about them here:

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