More than 12 million Cosmic Crisp trees have been planted and a strict licensing system does not permit farmers to grow the apples in other parts of the country. The variety was originally known ...

Proprietary Variety Management (PVM) president Lynnell Brandt says limitations on certified budwood are the reason Cosmic Crisp apples ... will be 629,000 trees planted," the industry veteran told www ...

Sales of Crisp seedlings subsequently boomed. Today more than 12 million Crisp trees are growing ... the expansion of the Cosmic Crisp is "unprecedented" "What sets apples apart from other fruit ...