WENATCHEE, Wash. (RFD News) — Apple growers across the Pacific Northwest are bringing in this year’s crop, with the Cosmic Crisp continuing to gain popularity among consumers.
Michael Schadler with the Washington Apple Commission said the variety is expected to continue growing in Washington over the next several years.
“I think, looking out over the next five years, forecasts I’ve seen are to have Cosmic continue to grow as a variety in the state. I think it’s probably realistic to think over the next three, four, or five years that Cosmic could even get into that number one spot in the state. Which I think is a really good thing. It’s an apple that does well domestically, but it also does well in exports. It ships well, has good color, consumers like it, so it is a winner. People have been bullish on Cosmic, and there was a little bit of disappointment out of the gate about how it performed, but I think everybody’s pretty happy with it now and hopes that it continues to grow.”
Schadler said Washington’s top five apple varieties last year were Gala, Granny Smith, Red Delicious, Honeycrisp and Cosmic Crisp, in that order.
