Lady Williams is a
cultivar
A cultivar is a type of cultivated plant that people have selected for desired traits and when propagated retain those traits. Methods used to propagate cultivars include: division, root and stem cuttings, offsets, grafting, tissue culture ...
of
apple
An apple is an edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus domestica''). Apple trees are cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus ''Malus''. The tree originated in Central Asia, where its wild ancestor, ' ...
; the fruits are eaten fresh
and mature very late in the season. The original tree was a chance seedling, thought to be from
Granny Smith
The Granny Smith, also known as a green apple or sour apple, is an apple cultivar which originated in Australia in 1868. It is named after Maria Ann Smith, who propagated the cultivar from a chance seedling. The tree is thought to be a hybrid ...
, with pollen from either
Jonathan or Rokewood.
[ Lady Williams is the pollen parent of ]Cripps Pink
Cripps Pink is a cultivar of apple. It is one of several cultivars sold under the trade mark name . It was originally bred by John Cripps at the Western Australia Department of Agriculture (Stoneville Research Station), by crossing the Australi ...
, Cripps Red
Cripps Red is a cultivar of apples; the fruit are eaten fresh. The original tree was bred by John Cripps from Golden Delicious × Lady Williams. The fruit mature very late in the season. Cripps Red fruit can be marketed as Sundowner apples, if ...
and Western Dawn (Enchanted).
References
Australian apples
Apple cultivars
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