NEW 150-ACRE BLOCK FOR HONEYCRISP AND COSMIC CRISP APPLE VARIETIES
The trees are in bloom, the bees are hard at work, and the smell of spring is in the air. The Superfresh Growers® team joined Dave Gleason, Chief Horticulturist, in one of the newer Eastern Washington orchard blocks to learn about the latest orchard happenings. The...
LOCAL GROWERS GAMBLE BIG ON COSMIC CRISP™
Jeannie Yandel speaks with NPR food reporter Dan Charles about a new apple variety coming to Washington state known as the Cosmic Crisp. Washington grows 70 percent of the apples in the United States, and Red Delicious is the largest single variety grown in the state....
OUT OF THIS WORLD EXPECTATIONS FOR COSMIC CRISP APPLE
There’s a new apple on the horizon, and it goes by the name of Cosmic Crisp. The apple, previously referred to as WA 38, took center stage at the International Fruit Tree Association’s (IFTA) Annual Conference in the variety’s home state of Washington in February. The...
A NEW APPROACH FOR A NEW APPLE
Two-thirds of the nation’s apples come from Washington State at a value of nearly $2.4 billion. The state’s industry is taking a unified approach to introduce a new variety they believe is out of this world. Two hundred apple growers and industry representatives have...
WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE TRIES COSMIC CRISP™ BRAND APPLES
Proprietary Variety Management recently shipped apples to the 2017 Legislative Reception in Olympia, WA on January 16th where several Washington State grown foods, including Cosmic Crisp™ brand apples, which were a big hit! There were about 40 guests who sampled a...
DOMEX SUPERFRESH GROWERS’ TALKS COSMIC CRISP™
YAKIMA, WA - As we inch ever closer to the end of winter and the warm weather of spring, AndNowUKnow was more than ready to hear the latest Washington orchard update from the ever-delightful Dave Gleason, Chief Horticulturist for Domex Superfresh Growers®. Mother...
THE SKY’S THE LIMIT FOR COSMIC CRISP™ APPLES
Proprietary Variety Management (PVM) president Lynnell Brandt says limitations on certified budwood are the reason Cosmic Crisp apples haven’t been planted too extensively to date, but virtually all of Washington State’s leading growers are on board with the cultivar...
COSMIC CRISP™ GETS FORMAL INTRODUCTION AT NW HORT EXPO
On day two of the 2016 Washington State Tree Fruit Association Annual Meeting & Horticulture Expo, KOHO’s Chris Hansen had a chance to catch up with the scientist who is largely responsible for the genesis of the new apple variety Cosmic Crisp. Kate Evans is a...
WRAPPING UP DAY ONE OF THE WSTFA ANNUAL MEETING
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....
COSMIC CRISP™ TO BE GROWN OVERSEAS: HORT SHOW PREVIEW
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...
