I’m a “take it or leave it” kind of guy with the usual apples we can buy, but I am an enthusiastic eater of them when fresh off the trees in apple country. The ubiquitous Red Delicious variety we consumers have been stuck with since my childhood is bland enough to have killed any desire for the fruit long ago, so I understand if you simple are uninterested. The prevalence of the very good Honey Crisp in the last decade has brought many back into the fold however. Now, agronomists working for the State of Washington, where apples are a leading product of the economy, have put in years of breeding to produce the apple of their dreams — the Cosmic Crisp.

I’ve been reading in anticipation about this apple for a couple of years now, but it takes three years for the trees and orchards to gear up for commercial production. The first ones have now reached the supermarkets. We bought our first ones a couple of weeks ago here in Texas. I must say that we were not disappointed.

Read about the apple’s features —

https://www.sunset.com/food-wine/pan...le-new-variety

While we are on the subject of apples, the article below is about a group which has searched for a legendary Colorado apple thought to be extinct for years and the search has resulted in success. That apple is named the Colorado Orange apple.

https://www.sunset.com/food-wine/col...ple-rare-found