Cripps Pink Apple

Yesterday I found you at New Seasons Market. You were there with about 100 of your closest of kin. Your color was a reddish pink with hints of green. When I held you in my had youe texture was peculiar. It was as if I was handling a pomegranite. It was not the smooth skin I have come to expect from your realtives. I was assured that this is your normal characteristic.

I purchased you in search of something crisp and sweet with a tart edge. You delivered. I did find your skin thick and your flesh leaving more juice to be desired. Organic and a product of the USA you were. Now, you are reduced to a core and I am left wondering if there is another better than you I may find. That is to say, you weren't bad, but I am not in love with you. We had a casual encounter which may or may not occur once again. Either way, I got what I wanted.

As I now hear, you are a second rate Pink Lady apple. I am not overly surprised. You could have been prettier and tastier, but you weren't that bad. We didn't have much in common short of desire. Cripps Pink, take care of yourself.


Cripps Pink is a cultivar variety of apple widely available in the Northern Hemisphere. It was originally produced by Apple and Pear Australia Limited by crossing the Australian apple Lady Williams with a Golden Delicious in order to combine the best features of both apples. The company sells the highest quality grade of the apple under the trademark of Pink Lady. The apple has a distinctive pink "blush" mixed with a green "background" and has a firm crisp texture with a sweet-tart taste. Storage life is very long, so availability is not markedly seasonal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cripps_Pink