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New Cosmic Crisp apple stays fresh for a year

Yet another type of apple at the grocery store? While you may think you have everything you want while snacking on your Granny Smith or Honeycrispโ€”or any of the other hundreds of varieties available around the countryโ€”a new variety might soon become the apple of your eye. A new Honeycrisp and Enterprise hybrid claims to strike the perfect balance of sweetness, acidity, juiciness, and crunch, along with an impressive year-long shelf life, making it an ideal apple for just about anything. According to the Cosmic Crisp website, the apple “has a remarkably firm and crisp texture” and “provides ample sweetness and tartness.” It sounds too good to be true, but growers and industry experts shot for the moon when they created the new Cosmic Crisp. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxk6P0VFtkP/ Why is it called the Cosmic Crisp? It has to do with the lenticels. If you’re not an apple grower, you may never have…