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Viewscapes - Bruce Barritt and the Cosmic Crisp® apple

Bruce Barritt and the Cosmic Crisp® apple

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Cosmic Crisp® just might be the perfect apple.

Crisp, firm, juicy, sweet, slow to brown, and all around pleasing in appearance, it’s good for eating fresh as well as for cooking, in both sweet and savory dishes.

Since its commercial release at the end of 2019, the inherently festive, crimson-colored apple, flecked with tiny golden lenticels and dubbed “The Apple of Big Dreams,” has received positive attention around the world.

But it was bred at Washington State University specifically for Washington’s climate and growers.

Bruce Barritt oversaw the WSU Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center in Wenatchee and developed the now-famous apple, a cross between Honeycrisp and Enterprise apples.

In this episode, he talks about how Cosmic Crisp came to be, its attributes, and its potential.

Learn more about Cosmic Crisp.

Find Cosmic Crisp recipes.

Read about the WA 2 apple (Sunrise Magic).

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09/21/21 • 22 min

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Viewscapes - Bruce Barritt and the Cosmic Crisp® apple

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Bruce Barritt:
All the characteristics that we wanted this apple were to make consumers happy. That is it has to be crisp, juicy and firm. And it has to be that way out of storage up to 12 months later.
Larry Clark:
That's Washington State University retired apple breeder Bruce Barritt. He was instrumental in developing the delicious Cosmic Crisp and Sunrise Magic apples. Welcome to Viewscapes, stories from Washington State Magazine, connecting you to Washington State University, the

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