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Cosmic Crisp® and the breeding program featured on CBS ‘Sunday Morning’
Sunday Morning, Nov 16, 2017

Cosmic Crisp® apples on black background

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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“Cosmic crisp – a new apple to get your teeth into”
The Guardian, June 2017

Breeder Kate Evans taste testing apples
Ted S. Warren/AP

“Making Apples Appealing” Webinar
NAPB Webinar Series

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"

“Consumers rate Cosmic Crisp (WA 38)”
Good Fruit Grower, June 2014

Honeycrisp and Cosmic Crisp® apples being prepared for consumer taste testing

“WSU releases WA 38 apple”
Good Fruit Grower, September 2012

Cosmic Crisp® apples in a bowl

“Apple selections evaluated for postharvest performance”
Good Fruit Grower, August 2011

Cut apples laid out on ground after being stained with iodine for starch conversion testing
Washington Tree Fruit Research commission