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= EverCrisp = EverCrisp is an American apple cultivar developed by the Midwest Apple Improvement Association (MAIA). Trademarked as EverCrisp, the MAIA-1 variety is a cross between two existing apple cultivars – the Honeycrisp and Fuji. Originally produced in Ohio, EverCrsip has since expanded to apple-growing regions across the Midwest in Michigan, Illinois and Indiana, and in the Northeast in Pennsylvania and New York.

EverCrisp is considered a “club apple” variety. This means that apple growers who want to breed, harvest, and sell EverCrisp are required to purchase a membership and license. According to Good Fruit Grower magazine, EverCrisp growers need to purchase a USD$100 per year membership, a royalty fee of $1 per tree, trademark and logo fees of 20 cents per tree for four to ten years, and 30 cents per tree for eleven to twenty years.

EverCrisp
Mitch Lynd of Lynd Fruit Farms in Patakasla, Ohio developed MAIA-1 during 1998 and 1999. As a result of cross-pollinating Fuji and Honeycrisp apple blossoms Lynd established the hybrid apple, soon to be EverCrisp, through a lengthily process of seed collection, sowing, germination, growing, and harvesting. With the help of several apple-growers at Lynd’s request, the MAIA-1 variety had the chance to grow and evolve in Midwestern soil. In late-2008, David Doud of Countryline Orchards in Roann, Indiana produced an MAIA-1 apple from a test tree called MDD5-44. According to EverCrisp, Doud thought “it was better than any other apple he was growing” and described MAIA-1 as the “apple with the 21st century crunch.”

Midwest Apple Association (MAIA)
The Midwest Apple Improvement Association (MAIA) is an organisation founded by apple-growers Mitch Lynd and Ed Fackler in the mid-1990’s. According to The MAIA, the organisation grew out of a need for apple cultivars that were both suited to the climate and harvesting challenges of the Midwest.