Malus domestica ‘Cripps Pink’
Zones: 5–8 | Height: 15–25 ft | Spread: 15–20 ft
Growth Rate: Moderate | Light: Full Sun
Soil: Well-drained, loamy
Fruit Drop: Late October–November
The Pink Lady Apple Tree is a late-producing variety known for crisp, sweet-tart fruit and an extended hang time that can carry apples deep into the fall.
With fruit ripening in late October and continuing into November, Pink Lady fills an important spot in a wildlife orchard. When earlier fruit varieties have finished dropping, this tree can continue providing an attractive soft mast source during some of the most important weeks of hunting season.
Late October through November fruit window
Long hang time helps extend available soft mast
Sweet fruit highly attractive to whitetails and other wildlife
Excellent addition to late-season habitat plans
Great for wildlife orchards and food plot edges
Crisp, sweet-tart apples are also excellent for fresh eating
Stores well after harvest
Adds another drop window to a diversified wildlife orchard
A well-designed wildlife orchard should change as the season changes.
Pink Lady gives you a producer for the back end of your drop calendar. Pair it with apple, crabapple, pear, chestnut, and oak varieties that produce earlier in the fall to create multiple food sources across the season.
Don't plant everything to drop at once. Build your orchard around the calendar.
Pink Lady requires another compatible apple or crabapple variety nearby for proper cross-pollination and fruit production.
Planting multiple compatible varieties can also help diversify your orchard and give you the opportunity to stack different fruit drop windows across the fall.
Plant Pink Lady in full sun and well-drained soil. Space trees approximately 15–25 feet apart to provide adequate room for mature growth, airflow, and sunlight.
Protect young trees from deer browse and rubbing, control competing vegetation around the base, and provide adequate water during establishment. Annual pruning can help maintain tree structure and future fruit production.
Your habitat shouldn't peak for one week and disappear.
With fruit hanging into November, Pink Lady helps extend your property's available soft mast deeper into the season and gives wildlife another reason to keep coming back.
Late drop. Long hang. Built for November.
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