Pink Lady' has been released from the Western Australian apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) breeding program designed to produce late-maturing, long-storing cultivars. 'Pink Lady' fruit mature 8 to 9 weeks after those of 'Red Delicious' and are of superior size, appearance, and flavor relative to those of other late-maturing cultivars. Origin 'Pink Lady' originated from a cross between 'Lady Williams' and 'Golden Delicious' made at the Stoneville Horticultural Research Station near Perth, Western Australia (lat. 32°S, long. 116ºE), in 1973 by J.E.L. Cripps. The aim of the cross was to combine the sweet, superficial-scald-free fruit of 'Golden Delicious' with the firm, long-storing fruit of 'Lady Williams'. The latter is a Western Australian chance seedling that probably resulted from across between 'Granny Smith' and 'Rokewood' (a cultivar of unknown parentage). 'Rokewood' was used as a long-storing cultivar in the days before refrigeration. The 'Pink Lady' seedling (formerly 10/1 38) was selected in 1979 and propagated on MM.101 rootstock for advanced testing in 1980. It was released to the industry for commercial evaluation in 1986.