Growers pay royalties on trees purchased, acreage planted, and fruit produced, and the income is used to market the new varieties and support Cornell’s apple-breeding program. In May 2010, Cornell forged a partnership for a managed release with NYAG, a new industry group, to establish an exclusive licensing agreement in North America for the two apple varieties.
Ruby red frost apple skin#
“It’s a fascinating apple, with a beautiful skin and a nice sugar-acid balance, but to me the crisp juiciness is rewarding every time.” “I think juicy and refreshing when I eat a RubyFrost,” Russell said. Brown expects it will be popular with fans of Empire and Granny Smith. It was bred to have high Vitamin C, which gives the apples the acidy tang. RubyFrost, formerly New York 2, which ripens later in the fall and stores well, will provide a boost of vitamin C well into winter. “SnapDragon is a great name for this apple because consumers found its crispy texture and sweet flavor so appealing,” said Mark Russell, an apple grower and NYAG member quoted in a Cornell University press release. “Retailers will appreciate its other qualities as well, because although SnapDragon’s harvest window starts relatively early – in late September – its long storage and shelf life means retailers may be able to offer it with consistent quality for a longer time than Honeycrisp.” The taste, the crispness, and the juiciness impressed us,” said Brown. “I remember my very first bite of SnapDragon. The name RubyFrost appears in red below a blue stylized snowflake and over the words Cool, Crisp, Craveable. Snapdragon’s logo is a stylized dragon curled into an S shape with its name and the words Monster Crunch below it. The announcement came with promotional materials-logos for both SnapDragon and RubyFrost. Only New York growers who are members of NYAG can grow them. Susan Brown, who announced their release in May of 2010 and also told how they would be commercialized. The new varieties were developed by Cornell University apple breeder Dr. Jeff Crist, vice chairman of the board of directors of NYAG (New York Apple Growers) and a fruit grower from Walden, New York, disclosed the names during the annual fruit field days at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva August 1. Names have been given to two new apple varieties formerly called New York 1 and New York 2. Jeff Crist announces the new names of the new New York apples.