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Cosmic Crisp^® and the breeding program featured on CBS ‘Sunday Morning’

Sunday Morning, Nov 16, 2017

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Cosmic Crisp® fruit on tree

Wharton’s Cait Lamberton and WSU’s Kate Evans discuss the development and marketing of the new Cosmic Crisp^® apple variety.

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Kate Evans taste testing apples

“Cosmic Crisp^® – a new apple to get your teeth into”

The Guardian, June 2017

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photo credit Ted S. Warren/AP

Power point slide with image of Kate Evans; logos for WSU, NAPB, Plant Breeding & Genomics extension; and text reading "The National Association of Plant Breeders in partnership with the Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee and The Plant Breeding Genomics Community of Practice presents How to breed new plant varieties: imagining and engineering crops by Kate Evans, Washington State University, Tree Fruit Research & Extension Center, Wenatchee"

“Making Apples Appealing” Webinar

NAPB Webinar Series

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A table prepared for consumer taste testing of apples.

“Consumers rate Cosmic Crisp^® (WA 38)”

Good Fruit Grower, June 2014

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Cosmic Crisp® fruit in bowl

“WSU releases WA 38 apple”

Good Fruit Grower, September 2012

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An array of apples that have been cut in half and stained with Iodine to determine ripeness.

“Apple Selections evaluated for postharvest performance”

Good Fruit Grower, August 2011

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photo credit Washington Tree Fruit Research commission