The Gear Upwardly On Of The Honeycrisp Wannabees
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| Who shall dethrone the mighty Honeycrisp? |
Honeycrisp's competition apples aspire to dominion the kingdom, non to topple it. To supersede with same-only-better, non to challenge with novel tastes as well as textures.
By when did the King acquire then old? What makes him vulnerable?
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 found patent lasts for 12 years, granting to the patent holder exclusive rights.
Savvy apple tree breeders bring learned how to parlay those rights into a revenue stream to grow a novel apple's marketplace pose share.
But, the clock is ticking. The marketing ends when the coin does.
Honeycrisp went off-patent inwards 2008. From a marketing standpoint, it is defenseless.
Honeycrisp's breeders at the University of Minnesota wasted no fourth dimension inwards advancing an heir apparent. SweeTango was inwards the wings as well as create to go, controlled yesteryear an apple club called, significantly, the Next Big Thing.
But today, Honeycrisp's popularity remains strong, as well as others bring come upwards forth to competition the same niche. If yous similar Honeycrisp, they are all worthy of your consideration.
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| Clockwise from upper left: Jonagold, SweeTango, SugarBee, Cosmic Crisp (not shown), Honeycrisp, Evercrisp |
EverCrisp, the production of the Midwest Apple Improvement Association, is crisp, sweet, as well as boasts fantabulous keeping abilities.
Meanwhile, Washington State, America's apple tree orchard, has gone all inwards on go wrong?)
SugarBee is some other contender, sweet, crisp, as well as with some appealing season graphic symbol that Honeycrisp lacks.
Finally, something old. Jonagold is disarmingly elementary with a great, juicy crunch. I intend Jonagold's saccharide residual is amend than Honeycrisp's.
An drive yesteryear New England growers to rebrand Jonagold every bit a Honeycrisp successor was Honeycrisp as well as EverCrisp directly.
I haven't tasted CosmicCrisp yet, but of the repose I charge per unit of measurement SweeTango every bit the best apple, with this qualification. It is hard to respect a practiced one. The apple tree is available, but its winning qualities do non go well.
Of these, SweeTango is to the lowest degree similar Honeycrisp. Its squelch is dissimilar as well as it has actual flavors.
EverCrisp as well as SugarBee are both better, inwards my view, than the original.
EverCrisp has a really smashing crunch. It bested Honeycrisp inwards a recent comparison, though that Honeycrisp was yesteryear peak.
SugarBee has the better season profile.
Cosmic Crisp volition live coming to a shop most yous inwards a side yesteryear side few years. The level of investment inwards this diversity with Washington growers, for an apple tree unknown to the public, is actually extraordinary.
Good luck, Jonagold. This diversity is slow to similar as well as very much worth a try, even if there's no patent to generate advertising coin for it.
Rhetorical questions of the day: What makes Cosmic Crisp amend than CosmicCrisp? Why non Evercrisp? Why SugarBee? Can I accomplish fame yesteryear renaming my weblog AdamsApples?
Don't acquire me started on Swee Tango.
Links
- Honeycrisp as well as its patent
- SweeTango (Honeycrisp x Zestar)
- Apple "clubs" or cartels
- EverCrisp (Honeycrisp x Fuji) as well as the Midwest Apple Improvement Association
- comparing EverCrisp vs. Honeycrisp
- historical lesson that could non perhaps apply (right?)
- SugarBee
- worthy Jonagold as well as its drive to swim with the sharks
- personal peeve: CamelCase abuse.
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