Varieties

Boxes of Cosmic Crisp apples on a packing line in 2019.

State’s rights for Cosmic Crisp

June 16, 2026

The Timberline is a cherry like no other

May 21, 2026

WA 64 field day near Prosser

WA 64 field day: Mind thinning, sunlight

September 19, 2025

Just a handful of Moxxi apples, a new variety from Stemilt Growers, await buyers in March at Yoke’s Fresh Market in Pasco, Washington. Limited quantities and strategic store placement characterize releases of new cultivars in this depressed apple economy. In the background sits Lemonade apples, a specialty variety from Giumarra. (Ross Courtney/Good Fruit Grower)

New apples in small volumes and small stores

June 18, 2025

Cherry identification down to the DNA details

January 7, 2025

Washington State University names WA 64 apple Sunflare

December 10, 2024

Washington State University has named International New-Varieties Network as the marketing agent for the yet-unnamed WA 64 apple. Members of the global nursery consortium toured the WA 64 demonstration blocks in October at the WSU Roza research orchard near Prosser. (Ross Courtney/Good Fruit Grower)

An editor’s note on WA 64 apple commercialization

November 18, 2024

Washington State University extension specialist Bernardita Sallato, center, provides a preharvest tour on Sept. 17 through a demonstration block at the Roza Research Farm in Prosser, where WSU’s new variety, WA 64, is planted on different rootstocks and training systems to help growers get to know how it performs. (Kate Prengaman/Good Fruit Grower)

WA 64 field day focuses on rootstock and system options

September 18, 2024

Minnesota apple delivers a mouthwatering munch

June 27, 2024

Washington State University and Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission researchers discussed WA 64’s horticultural traits at WSU’s Roza research orchard near Prosser on June 13. (Matt Milkovich/Good Fruit Grower)

Field day helps Washington growers learn WA 64 apple’s horticultural traits

June 14, 2024