[Apple-Crop] Cosmic Crisp

Tue Mar 21 23:44:46 EDT 2017

So Hugh, I hope it didn't taste "pimpled-up". Could you tell us what were the negatives and positives of your tasting experience?

Thanks for a good laugh.

Bill

William H. Shoemaker

Retired fruit and vegetable horticulturist

University of Illinois

wshoemak at illinois.edu<mailto:wshoemak at illinois.edu>

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From: apple-crop [apple-crop-bounces at virtualorchard.com] on behalf of Hugh Thomas [hughthomas44 at gmail.com]
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First of all, "Cosmic Crisp" is a stupid name, no doubt, some committee consisting of 500 came up with it. Sounds like a pimpled-up teen-aged super-hero character from another planet who gets real flakey if you mess with him. And by the way, he has a red outfit with a big logo on his chest with a yellow CC.  Secondly, it doesn't taste that good. I've tasted it two or three times. Third, I understand it's meant for Washington growers only, wherein WSU has a restriction. I not sure about this, but if true, I wonder if WSU gets any our federal taxes. Is so, and you want to grow it, contact your Senator.

On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 10:59 AM, maurice tougas <appleman.maurice at gmail.com<mailto:appleman.maurice at gmail.com>> wrote:
My understanding is that Cosmic Crisp will be an open variety in seven years.

 Numbers we were quoted for "all in" establishment costs per acre was $60,000 on a large planting. No land acquisition costs. Land prep, trees, support, tractors, irrigation, machinery buildings and housing for H2A labor included. I do not know if overhead towards packing facility was factored in.

Mo Tougas
Tougas Family Farm llc

On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 9:39 AM, Craig J. Kahlke <cjk37 at cornell.edu<mailto:cjk37 at cornell.edu>> wrote:
David,

Thanks for sharing this.  When WA decides on something, it’s full speed ahead.

Craig

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A good concise article on what Washington state growers are doing with Cosmic Crisp over the next two years - the figures are staggering -

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/washington-apple-growers-gamble-big-cosmic-crisp-byron-phillips?trk=mp-reader-card

'et cavete ab agricola’ -

'let the grower beware'…
…and the sales desks also...

David Doud - grower, IN - silver tip on early blooming varieties -
so sorry to see reports of the eastern temperatures of a couple nights ago...

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