by Jill Burbery | Sep 5, 2017 | Cosmic Crisp, Featured News
There is growing demand for Honeycrisp, Fuji, Gala, and the highly anticipated Cosmic Crisp® variety. In fact, more growers are integrating “club” or trademarked apple varieties into their crop mixes because consumers are demanding them. Growth is especially vibrant...
by Jill Burbery | Sep 1, 2017 | Cosmic Crisp, Featured News
We’re just a couple of weeks away from a new crop of apples; growers in the Yakima Valley of eastern Washington, whose 175,000 acres of orchards produce some 10% of the nation’s apples, are expecting to pick about 130 million boxes this year. All they need...
by Jill Burbery | Sep 1, 2017 | Cosmic Crisp, Featured News
A free Intellectual Property Washington Summit for growers will be held Sept. 21 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Yakima, Washington. The event will feature presentations by Proprietary Variety Management, a patent attorney, a trademark attorney, an expert on product...
by Jill Burbery | Sep 1, 2017 | Cosmic Crisp, Featured News
Washington state is positioned to be the leader in organic apples for 2017. Lindsey Huber, international marketing specialist with the Washington Apple Commission, based in Wenatchee, WA, said production is on the rise and may make up as much as 15 percent of total...
by Jill Burbery | Sep 1, 2017 | Cosmic Crisp, Featured News
After 30 years, Washington state apple growers about to launch the biggest release of a new apple variety…ever. The Cosmic Crisp® will start appearing in Washington state orchards, with up to 12 million trees to be planted by 2020 and the first harvest in 2019. The...
by Jill Burbery | Sep 1, 2017 | Cosmic Crisp, Featured News
Washington state will likely be the leader in organic apples in 2017. Approximately 10.8 million bushels of organic apples were harvested in the 2016-17 apple season, and estimates call for 13 million bushels this year. In conjunction with growing demand for organic...