by Jill Burbery | Dec 7, 2016 | Cosmic Crisp, Featured News
Washington growers will begin the first plantings of the new Washington State University variety WA 38, which will be known commercially as Cosmic Crisp. More than 600,000 trees are expected to be planted this spring, but orders for 2018 exceed 5.1 million trees....
by Jill Burbery | Dec 2, 2016 | Cosmic Crisp, Featured News
Some Washington Producers Are Caught Off Guard By International Propagation Plans For WA 38. The first Cosmic Crisp international licenses have been signed and the first budwood has been shipped overseas. Last year, Proprietary Variety Management shipped buds of the...
by Jill Burbery | Dec 2, 2016 | Cosmic Crisp, Featured News
Washington Beefs Up Education Ahead Of Plantings Of New Variety. We’re getting close. Washington growers will plant the first commercial trees for the much-anticipated Cosmic Crisp apple in the spring. To keep up with the excitement, organizers of this month’s...
by Jill Burbery | Nov 29, 2016 | Cosmic Crisp, Featured News
WENATCHEE, Wash. — Jim McFerson, director of the Washington State University Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center, will give the 37th annual Batjer Address, titled, “Technology Road Map 2.0,” at the Washington State Tree Fruit Association’s annual meeting, Dec. 5....
by Jill Burbery | Oct 18, 2016 | Cosmic Crisp, Featured News
The leaves are changing colors, the air is beginning to have a distinct, cool nip and everywhere I go, I can’t seem to get the ever-present bushels of apples off my mind. Of course, you can get apples year round, but there is truly no better time to bite into a fresh,...
