Retired WSU apple breeder Dr. Bruce Barritt checks another promising selection in an evaluation plot in a commercial orchard. Washington State University has granted an exclusive license for its first apple variety to the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission, which plans to make it available to any Washington State grower. Inventions by WSU faculty, including fruit varieties, become the property of the WSU Research Foundation. Under an agreement reached this fall, the foundation will grant the exclusive license for its first new apple variety, known as “WA 2,” to the Research Commission, which will set up a nonprofit organization to […]