cosmic crisp

The cosmic crisp apple has garnered a lot of attention already, but add new WSU President Kirk Schulz amongst the fanbase.   In the annual State of the University address, Schulz said he was introduced to the variety last year on a tour in Central Washington and it quickly became a favorite of his family, and he believes will soon be popular amongst a much larger group.  ...

As growers of the cosmic crisp apple prepare to plant next season and beyond, the standards for color and grade are still being finalized.   Lynnell Brandt with Proprietary Variety Management who will help market the apple said, it’s critical to get these standards right.   “...

WSU researchers and extension specialists held another field day to show off the cosmic crisp apple Wednesday with another one coming in the Quincy and Wenatchee areas Thursday, September 22nd.   But that’s not the only thing they’re doing to help growers lucky enough to plant the new variety in 2017, and those growers who might get an opportunity later on.   WSU Ext...

The first batch of commercial trees that will grow the new cosmic crisp variety will be planted next spring with the first apples available sometime in either 2019 or 2020.   Still, David Allan of Allan Brothers said they are excited to see what this new variety can do.  ...

Washington State University is hosting two field days this month that will allow growers to get another look at different aspects of the Cosmic Crisp apple.   The first field day is Wednesday, September 14th at the Roza Orchard in Prosser. Thi...

Apple growers who want to get involved in producing cosmic crisp apples need to get their order in as soon as possible, for 2019 and 2020.   That’s because, according to Tom Auvil of the Tree Fruit Research Commission, sales for the initial offerings next year and 2018 are pretty much gone.   B...

Apple growers interested in the cosmic crisp variety have another opportunity to see the fruit up close at WSU’s Roza Orchard in Prosser and Sunrise Orchard in Wenatchee on Wednesday, June 1st.   Horticulturist Ines Hanrahan said they want to showcase how the fruit stores, good practices on trees, and that fruit really does thin to single by itself.   “...

Several apple growers were at one of two field days for the Cosmic Crisp variety of apples that will become available for Washington growers in 2017.   Tom Auvil with the Tree Fruit Research Commission says they wanted to show where the apple bloomed and, “Give some cultural suggestions on how to take a new variety that most of the growers haven’t seen and show two or three opportunities of how to

Growers interested in growing Cosmic Crisp apples will get an opportunity to taste the fruit Thursday, April 7th with field days happening at the WSU Roza Orchard and Sunrise Orchard.   The Roza Orchard in Prosser will host growers from 10:00 a.m. u...