The contact for NNII is: Bill Howell will inform the variety manager, Proprietary Variety Management (PVM), of the reported transfer or sale of land.Ī PVM Staff member will reach out to you concerning the transfer and will request the following information: Per the Non-Exclusive Grower Agreement for the WA 38 apple variety, section 8, titled Assignment Restrictions, a Grower must contact the propagation manager, Northwest Nursery Improvement Institute (NNII), 60 days prior to the transfer or sale of land. More information can be found on the Cosmic Crisp® industry site or on the Idyia™ database system the royalty is calculated from the total price of each line, multiplied by 4.75% A reporting record includes Grower ID/Variety/Grade/Size/Package Type/Quantity/FOB Price. The Grower ID should identify an orchard or block. To assist with tracking and validation, reporting is processed by Grower ID which is tied to a Grower License. If a shipment is subject to rejection or claim at destination, the royalty is to be paid on the adjusted sales price, provided the return is $20.00 or greater. Where a Packer utilizes pooling, the average FOB price for each size and grade as stated in the grower return will establish the price upon which the production royalty will be calculated. Packers will report the FOB sale price, net of any customary marketing fees and charges, but before any packing charges are deducted. Royalty must be paid on any 40 lb box equivalent sold at $20.00 or more. All reporting for a crop year must be finalized by January 1 following the end of the crop cycle. For example, 2019 crop year reporting is due on or before January 1 of 2021. To meet their reporting obligation, Packers are required to upload their sales into the Idyia™ database quarterly on the following schedule: November 15, February 15, May 15, August 15. Through a system of licenses, it tracks tree sales, orchard locations, fruit production, and commercial sales.īy signing the Grower License, every grower has agreed that the Packer will retain all fruit production plant patent royalties from crop proceeds and will pay these royalties out on behalf of the grower to PVM as the licensed agent for the variety owner, Washington State University. This includes details regarding growers, nurseries, packers, marketers, exporters, and importers. The Idyia™ database system is used to manage all commercial aspects of the variety. Kate Evans, with the help of an industry advisory group.Ĭosmic Crisp® reporting and fruit production royalty Since 2008, trees have been grown in four locations across Washington and evaluated for horticultural traits and storage behavior by Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission scientists Tom Auvil and Dr. ‘WA 38’ was virus-tested and certified material was budded onto virus-indexed vigorous rootstocks at nurseries for the production of State certified propagation material. Additional trees were budded in 2006 onto M.9 rootstocks for larger scale Phase 3 plantings in 2008 at four commercial orchard sites in central Washington. 2005-2008įive trees were planted at each of three Phase 2 sites in central Washington in Apr. Buds were taken from the seedling tree and propagated onto M.9 rootstock in Sept. Based on fruit quality, ‘WA 38’ was selected and advanced to Phase 2 evaluation in Oct. Fruit from this original budded tree was evaluated in 20. The resulting tree was planted in the Phase 1 seedling evaluation orchard CV12 at WSU’s Columbia View orchard (row 16B, position 75) in Apr. 1999, when it was budded onto M.9 rootstock. The seedling was transferred to a collaborating commercial nursery in May 1998 where it grew until Sept. Seeds were germinated and raised in a greenhouse in 1998 at the Washington State University (WSU) Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center, Wenatchee.
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