Washington Apple Growers Sink Their Teeth Into The New Cosmic Crisp
A new apple variety is on its way. It's called Cosmic Crisp, and farmers in Washington state are planting these trees by the millions. They're making a risky bet that consumers will like it.
Get ready for a new kind of apple. It's called Cosmic Crisp, and farmers in Washington state, who grow 70 percent of all the country's apples, are planting these trees by the millions. The apples themselves, dark red in color with tiny yellow freckles, will start showing up in stores in the fall of 2019.
Scott McDougall is one of the farmers who's making a big bet on Cosmic Crisp.
"It goes back to believing in the apple," he says.
"You believe?" I ask.
"I believe!" he says, and chuckles.
Planting has begun at one of his company's orchards near the city of Wenatchee. It's a spectacular site
