by Jill Burbery | Oct 5, 2017 | Cosmic Crisp, Featured News
In Washington, 360 million apples are picked per day, which if placed in a row will stretch from Seattle to Shanghai, and back, twice. That’s 17,000 miles of apples every day.
Specifically, the Gala apple harvest is completed, and teams are moving on to Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Fuji, Granny Smith, Pink Lady® and Autumn Glory® apples.
Additionally, Superfresh Growers is removing older orchard blocks of Gala apples and converting them to high-density Cosmic Crisp® orchards. The new high-density orchard will be designed with a trellis system with technology in mind.
Read the full article in Produce Retailer.
by Jill Burbery | Oct 4, 2017 | Cosmic Crisp, Featured News
Washington State University researchers recently shared their perspectives on growing the new Cosmic Crisp® apple variety at a field day south of Wenatchee.
Those tips include that Mechanical pruning works well on Cosmic Crisp apple trees by the fourth year and cutting the tips of one-year old limbs controls growth better than limb bending.
The only negative note about growing Cosmic Crisp® is the trees grow vigorously, and that can cause too much space between fruit and pushing more fruit to the outer edges of the tree, which is a less desirable location for fruit to grow. Apples that grow closer to the trunk are preferred.
Read “Growers get latest Cosmic Crisp® horticultural tips” in the Capital Press.
by Jill Burbery | Sep 26, 2017 | Cosmic Crisp, Featured News
Washington State University made 300,000 Cosmic Crisp® apple trees available to growers this year, and the growers of these trees were picked through a random drawing. Growers who missed out on the lottery drawing will be able to purchase tree stock through WSU nurseries for delivery in 2018 and 2019.
Read the full article by Krem 2 News.
by Jill Burbery | Sep 13, 2017 | Cosmic Crisp, Featured News
In a rich, photographic article, NPR covers how Cosmic Crisp® is poised to be the fastest launch of a new apple variety in history. The fast launch is in response to the fact that some varieties, most notably Red Delicious, are falling out of favor among American consumers.
And since part of PVM’s mission is to know what future consumer trends will be, it was able to identify the market viability of the new variety, Cosmic Crisp®.
In the article, Bruce Barritt, a retired apple breeder selected tree WA 38 (aka. Cosmic Crisp® ) among thousands because its, “crispness, juiciness, acidity, sugar; all that combined just doesn’t exist in any other variety,” he says.
See the stunning photos of Cosmic Crisp® plantings in Washington state in the NPR article, “This Is What It Looks Like When A New Apple Comes To Town,” by Dan Charles.
by Jill Burbery | Sep 13, 2017 | Cosmic Crisp, Featured News
Cosmic Crisp® apples were recently featured in a Daily Record News article that discussed how hay fields in Kittitas are being bought and replanted with orchards.
Zirkle Fruit Company in Kittitas County found that weather conditions are milder there than in Yakima, and that leads to quality fruit.
In 2018, Zirkle Fruit Company is expected to plant the new Cosmic Crisp® apple that was created by Washington State University’s tree fruit breeding program. The Cosmic Crisp® has a firmer texture and more crisp bite than many other apple varieties, and it stores longer and is less susceptible to disease.
Read the full article: “New apple varieties and new orchards come to Kittitas” by Tony Buhr in the Daily Record.
