John Cripps interviewed by Karen George in the Apples and pears oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4852627
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Cripps, J. E. L, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2010
- 2 sound files (ca. 188 min.)
- Series:
- Apples and pears oral history project.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
- Summary:
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John Cripps speaks about his birth and childhood in Steyning, Sussex; his parents; his early love of gardening and plants; his schooling at Steyning Grammar School; joining the Medical Corps; his posting in Jamaica; tropical plants in Jamaica; his return to England; studying horticulture at college and then at Reading University; migrating to Western Australia (1955); working for Western Australia Department of Agriculture as a Field Officer and then in the Plant Research Division; the departmental research station at Stonewall; advising growers; changing methods of cultivating orchards; Apple Scab; die back; phosphorus deficiency in WA soils; the failure of the tobacco industry; chemical thinners; citrus root stock experiments; codling moths; fertilisers; Mangimup Research Station; cross pollination experiments (1959); apple breeding; permission from the W.A. Department of Agriculture to start apple breeding (1973); changes in export industry; tree pull scheme; the apple growing community.
Cripps talks about selecting Golden Delicious and Lady Williams to cross breed; the process of cross-pollination; Plant Breeders Rights; the discovery of a successful apple variety; Pink Lady and Sundowner varieties; French interest in the Pink Lady; patenting and naming the Pink Lady; Cripps Pink apples; propagating and promoting Pink Lady to growers; Lady Williams variety; the eradication program for Apple Scab in Western Australia; government compensation for growers affected by Apple Scab; the self funded launch of Pink Lady in England (1991); working in viticulture; experiments with new vine varieties at Manjimup; the sale of the government research stations and loss of experimental plantings; the Pink Lady Alliance; his induction into the Agricultural Hall of Fame; the story of the Pink Lady on ABC's Landline; retirement (2002); his experiences of being a migrant; his achievements in the industry.
- Notes:
- Recorded on 17 May 2010 in Floreat, W.A.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (11 p.)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- George, Karen, 1962-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Apples and pears oral history project.
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- Creation date:
- 2010
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