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Honeycrisp named second most popular apple in WA.

Cosmic Crisp enters top 5 apple varieties for the first time.

Labor shortages and trade tariffs could reduce harvest and strain export market.

Washington apple growers pulled through a historic drought this spring to likely produce another record fruit crop. That is, if they have enough workers to pick them.

Washington is the top apple-producing state in the U.S., with the majority of commercial operations in Eastern Washington.

This year’s crop is expected to be 142 million, 40-pound boxes, up from 124 million last year, said the Washington State Tree Fruit Association forecast on Thursday. That’s expected to be a 13% increase.

That’s due in part to the meteoric rise in popularity

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