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Cosmic apples7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The Cosmic Crisp® demonstrates how the science of breeding and the art of imagination can come together to make a new star apple. Researchers, tree fruit growers, and industry partners from Washington state collaborated to develop and promote the Cosmic Crisp® WA 38 cv.-an apple that will have a “cosmic” effect on the world. This is a story about how one amazing apple sweetened the bunch, and how a bunch of individuals created one amazing apple. Faculty/Staff Outstanding Service Award Nomination.Brotherton Cougar Spirit Award Nomination.Gibson Distinguished Volunteer Award Nomination.Pullman ASWSU Student Memorial Brick Plaza.Please advise as soon as we can get it.īecause WSU recieved funding from the Washington Apple Growers Association for the development of the variety and in doing so agreed that the variety would be region specfic until at least 2027. Why can’t we grow it in OREGON, your neighbor? Love this apple. Will this cross pollinate with a Pink Pearl Apple Tree? Please refer to our Apple Growing Guide for a complete list. You will need another mid to late season tree, that is not a Honeycrisp or Cosmic Crisp as they are too closely related to cross pollinate. ![]() If not, please advice another third apple tree that can pollinate both honey crisp and cosmic crisp apple trees. Anywhere else, or even propogating them without a license within the state, is a serious patent violation.Ĭan I grow one Honey crisp and one Cosmic Crisp apple trees in my yard so they can pollinate each other? ![]() This tree is licensed by Proprietary Variety Management, on behalf of WSU, exclusively for purchase and growth within WA state. Is it against the law to buy a tree in washington and then bring it home to California to plant it? I'm old. WSU has a geographical patent limitation on them until 2032. Will cosmic crisp trees ever be able to grow in Minnesota? I would be willing to try a test tree here. Evereste might do the job, but no guarantees and nothing earlier is likely to work. Cosmic Crisp has a thicker skin than Honeycrisp, which gives it many of those resisitances and a longer shelf life, but not as thick as Enterprise.Ĭan a crab apple tree be used as the pollinator for a cosmic crisp? It retains some of the qualities of the Enterprise, but not to the same extreme degree. The Enterprise is nearly immune from both Diseases and Insects so does the Cosmic crisp retain those advantages? I currently have both the Honeycrisp and Enterprise trees that I purchased from Raintree some years ago. What types of other apples work as a pollinizerĬheck out our Apple Growing Guide in the Help Center for a full pollination chart for the apple trees we carry. The tree appears to produce and ripen well even in the Western WA. Pollinator for cosmic crisp and Honey crisp? Are they good for western Washington?Ĭheck out our Apple Growing Guide for a pollination chart. Photo courtesy of: By PVM - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Mature Height: 6' (Mini Dwarf), 11' (Dwarf), 16' (Semi-Dwarf) Any other varieties that bloom in categories 3, 4 or 5 may be used as pollinizers. Honeycrisp and Enterprise can NOT be used as pollinators for this variety, due to their genetic similarity. Washington state apple growers are predicted to plant 11 million Cosmic Crisp™ and it is expected to become very popular with consumers. It blooms in mid to late season (category 4), and ripens late, between Granny Smith and Braeburn. This apple has large size, crisp texture, great productivity and beautiful red color with white lenticels that sparkle like stars, thus the name ®Cosmic Crisp™. It is a cross between Honeycrisp, and the excellent keeper and scab resistant variety Enterprise. WE CANNOT SHIP this tree to an address outside of Washington State. The plants are licensed and limited by WSU to ONLY be sold to people residing and growing the plants in the state of Washington. This new red, juicy apple has a perfect combination of sweetness and tartness and is the first release from the apple breeding program at Washington State University. ![]()
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