Cosmic Crisp

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Cosmic Crisp
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Art Cultivated apple ( Malus domestica )
origin Wenatchee , WA , USA
known since 1997 to 2013
ancestry

Honeycrisp x Enterprise

List of apple varieties

Cosmic Crisp (cultivar name: WA 38 ) is an American apple variety . It was bred from 1997 to 2013 at Washington State University in the Wenatchee location and is a cross of Honeycrisp and Enterprise .

Cosmic Crisp is said to be an improvement on Honeycrisps. This has turned the apple market in the USA upside down - mainly due to its sensory properties - since around 2000, but is considered extremely difficult to grow and very prone to bruising. When breeding Cosmic Crisps, the focus was not on appearance, but on resistance and long shelf life.

The apple is characterized above all by its uniform color, firm flesh and improved shelf life. The pulp is firmer than that of Honeycrisp. The acidity is also higher than in HoneyCrisp and other currently popular varieties, which gives a fresh-looking taste over longer storage times, but compared to many older varieties that are no longer commercially grown on a large scale, the acidity is low, the depth of taste accordingly not very pronounced.

For 2017, there were 700,000 pre-orders for trees that are allocated in the lottery system, and for 2018 there were already 2 million. So far, Washington State University has only been delivering trees to fruit growers in Washington State. On a commercial scale, the apples will not be available until 2019 at the earliest. The variety will ripen at the same time as Red Delicious , and it is expected to replace a large portion of Red Delicious stocks in Washington .

The first commercial harvest took place in Washington State in November 2019 from trees planted in 2017. Plant variety protection will run until 2027. For the time being, only in the USA, the company invested 10.5 million US dollars in advertising. For the first time, a brand name for an apple was created in cooperation with consumers. "Cosmic" alludes to the bright points in the dark red bowl. The apple can be stored for 10 to 12 months.

literature

Web links

Commons : Cosmic Crisp  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ WSU: Introducing Cosmic Crisp ™!
  2. ↑ a b c d David Karp: Beyond the Honeycrisp Apple . In: The New York Times . November 3, 2015, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed February 21, 2018]).
  3. ↑ a b Phil Ferolito: Cosmic Crisp getting an out-of-this-world reception from apple growers, breeders. In: Yakima Herald . May 19, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016 .
  4. ↑ New US variety: “Super apple” is supposed to conquer the world . Retrieved November 20, 2019