Want free apples?! #WSU will give students, faculty, and staff an exclusive first taste of its newest #apple variety, Sunflare™, during a preview sampling event on the wsupullman campus Thursday, Jan. 22. The event will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the wsu_cub Food Court. Complimentary samples will be available while supplies last, and the preview is open only to the WSU campus community. Developed through WSU tree fruit research, #Sunflare™ is the first new apple to emerge from the university since the blockbuster release of Cosmic Crisp®. The variety drew widespread interest during its development, with more than 17,000 people submitting name suggestions before Sunflare™ was selected. A tart, crunchy, juicy cross of Honeycrisp and Cripps Pink — better known under the trademark name Pink Lady® — Sunflare™ apples will reach grocery stores in 2029. Scientists first bred Sunflare™ in 1998 when they hand-pollinated a Honeycrisp flower with pollen from a #Cripps Pink tree at WSU’s Col...