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"22 years from cross to launch". It will be interesting to see if the time to market will be cut in the near future which could lead to an explosion of new flav
by steveads 7y ago
"22 years from cross to launch".
It will be interesting to see if the time to market will be cut in the near future which could lead to an explosion of new flavours and produce products.
- InvaderFizz 7y agoIt wont be cut too much. Making new apple breeds is mostly creating a bunch of variations/hybrids, and waiting 5 years for it to produce fruit. This is a good read on it: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/apples-breeding-experimental-orchard-fruit-growing https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/apples-breeding-experi...
- benj111 7y agoThey're all propagated from cuttings. You need to to spend 5(ish) years to get a crop to see what the apples actually taste like, then you've got one tree to take cuttings from to get the first 'generation', which you'll be waiting a similar amount of time to get fruit, longer to get a decent crop. It just takes time to scale up the number of trees, from just the one, and then for the trees to get mature enough to bear a decent crop.
- jelliclesfarm 7y agoA company found a technology to clone from tissue culture and was sued by WSU. It’s old news now as it’s all been settled. But in the Apple/Fruit world, this was a closely watched lawsuit. https://www.geekwire.com/2018/cosmic-crisp-conflict-washington-state-university-sues-spinoff-company-dispute-apple-future/ https://www.geekwire.com/2018/cosmic-crisp-conflict-washingt...