Cosmic Crisp Tour Set For Tuesday

Washington State university tree fruit experts will update growers on the latest variety during a field day Tuesday.  The tour will be held in two locations this week, highlighting the WA 38 apple variety, or better known as the Cosmic Crisp.  The first field day will start at 10 a.m. at the WSU Roza Research Orchard outside of Prosser, while the second gets underway at 3 p.m. at WSU’s Sunrise Research Orchard near Rock Island.

The Cosmic Crsip is a cross between Enterprise and Honeycrisp, and is the result of a 20-year breeding effort at WSU.  An estimated 5.8 million WA 38 trees have been planted for the launch of the new variety, which is expected to hit store shelves in 2019.

Tuesday’s field day is free and no registration is required.

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