Cripps Pink

We are adding dwarf and semi dwarf apple trees. I have a question about Cripps Pink/Pink Lady.  I am not a fan of patented plants, and I don't normally grow them.  Yet, our family is a huge fan of this apple.  My research indicates that only certain truly pink Cripps receive the designation "Pink Lady".  Does that mean that I can purchase a Cripps Pink tree and somehow be unattached to said patent? Thanks!

I have looked at the title of your thread several times.  I was intrigued and sorry you have not gotten an answer to your question.

I always go to Wikipedia for answers.  Here is what they said:

Cripps Pink is a cultivar of apple. It is one of several cultivars from which apples that meet quality standards can be sold under the trademark name Pink Lady.[1] Cripps Pink was originally bred by John Cripps at the (then named) Western Australia Department of Agriculture by crossing the Australian apple Lady Williams with a Golden Delicious; the result is a combination of the firm, long-storing property of Lady Williams with the sweetness and lack of storage scald of Golden Delicious.

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


Here is the Lady Williams Apple:



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Golden Delicious:



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I hope this answered your question.