![]() ![]() Under the circumstances I have to call this a dead heat. I'd give it to Cosmic for taste and Ever for texture and keeping qualities, though in fairness I have no reason to think that Cosmic fares any worse in storage. Nonetheless the texture is really top rate, a plus for an apple called EverCrisp. I didn't store it as well as I might have and the flavors are a little off. While this Cosmic Crisp has been stored under top conditions, my EverCrisp has been sitting in my refrigerator since December. Presumably sugar is not an objection if you are aiming for the Honeycrisp market share. meanwhile my barrage spells with the non-alleviation veil do 6230 damage, while the alleviation version does 6112. The color and appearance of the flesh is almost identical, and the crunch is very, very good.Įver's flavor set is lighter, which is one way of saying that the tastes are obscured by too much sweetness. The Alleviation Veil+Executioner with Bridge to glory does 6766 in 4 hits, while the non-alleviation veil + argent wolf does 6592 (speed appears identical). The smokey note I have found in other tastings is faint at best.Įvercrisp is similarly sweet and flavorful, though perhaps a shade less dense. Its light yellow flesh is coarse and juicy, breaking into satisfying chunks with a first-rate crunch. Let's see how that translates into taste.Ĭosmic's flavors are saturated enough to bust through a truckload of sugar. Cosmic's has that unusually smokey quality, while Ever's is fruitier, more lush. My Cosmic is more tapered.īoth have sweet and pleasant aromas. ![]() I actually like the look of that one best of all.īoth of my samples are large, but Cosmic is bigger both have orange-tinted blushes over yellow, but Cosmic's is redder and saturated.īoth have visible lenticels, but Ever's are less visually distinctive.īoth are modestly ribbed and a little squat. ![]() Crimson Veil does two things: massively increase the range of Sacrifice and makes Ivis completely ignore any stun or pushback effect. Note, however, that this EverCrisp sample, my last of the season, is not nearly as handsome as others I have eaten (see photo below). By default it comes with 3 charges, and each time you Core Upgrade you increase the charges by 3 (to a total max of 2 upgrades or 9 charges). Visually, both are interesting, but Cosmic Crisp is prettier. Of all the many contenders in this space, these apples are the leaders, at least economically.Īs for the two names: EverCrisp boasts of its keeping qualities, while Cosmic Crisp-well, to me it sounds like a character from some 1960s underground hippie comic.īut the folks at UWash who developed this variety say they were inspired by the way that the white lenticel dots march across the dark red blush like a field of stars.Īt least the Cosmic name avoids the horribly irritating CamelCase style, may its trendy moment pass quickly. So, Cosmic Crisp (L) and EverCrisp, what do you have to say for yourselves? Of course, that means these rival varieties are also implicitly competing against each other. It is a truth universally acknowledged that a new apple variety with the word Crisp in its name is positioning itself for a run at Honeycrisp. ![]()
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