Looks like an Empire, who’s parents are Enterprise and HoneyCrisp.
With a 10 million dollar marketing effort by the Washington State Fruit Commission, and tens of thousands of acres on newly planted Cosmic Crisp trees being planted, she may be pretty on the shelf and store well, but the biggest question for Hudson Valley grower is ….
“does she have the flavor”??
And in NY…its all about flavor.
About Peter J Jentsch
Peter J. Jentsch serves the mid-Hudson Valley pome fruit, grape and vegetable growers as the Senior Extension Associate in the Department of Entomology for Cornell University’s Hudson Valley Laboratory located in Highland, NY. He provides regional farmers with information on insect related research conducted on the laboratory’s 20-acre research farm for use in commercial and organic fruit and vegetable production.
Peter is a graduate of the University of Nebraska with a Masters degree in Entomology. He is presently focusing on invasive insect species, monitoring in the urban environment and commercial agricultural production systems throughout the state
