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PHOTOS: This Is What It Looks Like When A New Apple Comes To Town

This spring, orchards in Washington state are being ripped up to make room for a new apple variety called Cosmic Crisp. This is what happens before it hits store shelves.
Apricot trees are removed to make way for Cosmic Crisp.

Apple growers in Washington state, who dominate American apple production, are starting to plant a new kind of apple. It's the fastest launch of a new variety in history.

These farmers have been looking for a new variety to grow. Older types of

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