Washington's new apple joining a changing industry
Posted: February 25, 2016 - 4:54am
In this photo taken Friday, Feb. 12, 2016, Kate Evans, a lead scientist at Washington State University's Tree Fruit Research & Extension Center in Wenatchee, Wash., poses for a photo in a fruit cooler holding a box of Cosmic Crisp apples, a brand new trademarked and focus group tested apple variety developed by the WSU lab over the last 20 years. “Cosmic Crisp is the first big release the Washington industry is going to have all to itself…” said Evans. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) — Blanketed by winter snow, orchards are mostly idle around central Washington, the production hub of the nation's...

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