Cosmic Crisp apples to be grown overseas
Last year, Proprietary Variety Management shipped buds of the new apple variety, designed specifically for Washington’s fruit industry, to international quarantine facilities and licensed two Italian fruit companies to grow and sell WA 38, which goes by the trade name Cosmic Crisp.
So far, Proprietary Variety Management has sent between 10 and 20 Cosmic buds to quarantines in the Netherlands to satisfy European Union requirements for the Italian licenses, as well as Argentina, Chile, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. The facilities are rough equivalents to the United States’ Clean Plant Network.
source: goodfruit.com
