Episode 85 - What’s a Crimson Crisp Apple?

The history of the apple.

So the Crimson Crisp apple was developed through the Joint Breeding Program at Purdue, Rutgers, and Illinois Universities.

The apple was originally created in 1971.

It doesn't have like official type parents.

The parents of this apple variety are just two kind of unnamed apple varieties that were used in the breeding programs.

They're not like official varieties that ever really came out.

And some of the ancestors of this apple is believed to be Golden Delicious, Jonathan, and Rome.

They started planting the apple in 1972.

And then in 1979, they picked out the best selections of them to continue to propagate the variety.

It took a long time for this one to be commercially released.

It wasn't done so until 2006.

So imagine that this whole process started back in the 70s, and then it wasn't until more recently that the Apple actually came out.

to be made available for growers to grow.

So that tells you how many years sometimes can go into bringing a new apple variety to the public.

It is a long, long process.

It's not always that long with all the different apple varieties.

This one seems to be more, especially on the longer side for whatever reason.

I've seen some that have been short times, but it is definitely a long period of time.

It takes time to, when you're creating new apple varieties, it takes time for those trees to grow and to fruit.

Oftentimes it can take around, average around five years for an apple tree to start producing.

You can breed something and then it takes time for it to actually grow to find out if the apple is any good.

And after that period of time, the apple may be produced and decide that this apple doesn't taste very good or something's wrong.

And after five years, you just have to discard it.

So it is a very long process.