Washington Knows How To Breed The Next Big Apple Variety
Washington has imported most of the apple breeds they grow. Red Delicious from Iowa, Golden Delicious from West Virginia, Gala from New Zealand, Grammy Smith from Australia, Fuji from Japan, and Honeycrisp from Minnesota. Better commercial apples have been a goal for...
COSMIC CRISP®, AN APPLE FOR WASHINGTON GROWERS
Honeycrisp has set an industry example that shoppers want the best and most exclusive varieties. This makes Cosmic Crisp® worth the gamble and “almost a mandatory industry development.” The demand is real and Cosmic Crisp® is expected to hit the public market in 2020....
Was Johnny Appleseed for Real?
Cosmic Crisp hit the screen with a spot on CBS Sunday Morning. With special correspondent, Mo Rocca, describing the apple’s “sparkling, rosy cheeks, the Cosmic Crisp is pomological royalty.” He even ponders if Johnny Appleseed would approve of the new apple. Watch the...
Over Half Million Cosmic Crisp Apple Trees Already Planted
Washington apple growers are pinning big hopes on the Cosmic Crisp, having already planted 630,000 apple trees this spring. There will be an estimated 10 million more planted over the next two years. Read the original article in Capital Press, “Growers pin big hopes...
Washington State Apple Harvest is Half Over
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...
Cosmic Crisp® Growers Get Growing Tips
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...
Cosmic Crisp® Available to Consumers by 2019
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...
NPR Shows How Cosmic Crisp® ‘Comes to Town’
In a rich, photographic article, NPR covers how Cosmic Crisp is poised to be the fastest launch of a new apple variety in history.
Cosmic Crisp® Part of New Orchards in Kittitas
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.
Everyone Watching Washington
It is the time of year consumers eagerly await the arrival of a fresh apple crop from Washington state. "Consumers are initially attracted to their bright, bold coloring and unique names," says Chuck Sinks, president of sales and marketing for Sage Fruit Company in...
