The Seattle Times Featured Cosmic Crisp In An Article
WENATCHEE — A lottery for the first sales of a new apple variety bred specifically for Eastern Washington is scheduled for Friday.
The new Cosmic Crisp variety (formerly WA 38) has been in development for about 15 years, said Kate Evans, the Washington State University (WSU) scientist in charge of the apple-breeding program. “It has a lot of the characteristics that will please consumers. And we can also produce it very efficiently here,” said Jim McFerson, manager of the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission.
Cosmic Crisp was propagated from the Honeycrisp and was first bred in 1997. Growers can start planting the trees this summer, and the apple should be readily available in stores by 2019, WSU officials said.
Article by Cheryl Schweizer, Columbia Basin Herald
