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YOU TO A LOCAL FRUIT BREEDER WHO
CREATED A COTTON CANDY FLAVORED
GRAPE SPECIES.
THE HARVEST IS READY AND WE'RE
PUTTING IT TO THE TEST. 17'S
KRISTIN PRICE IS BACK
FROM LAMONT THIS MORNING WHERE
THE FRUIT IS GROWN LOCALLY.
KRISTIN.
AFTER A DETAILED POLLINATION
PROCESS AND
MONTHS OF WAITING, COTTON CANDY
GRAPES ARE FINALLY H
TRUE, THEY
TASTE AND EVEN SMELL LIKE COTTON
WHEN YOU WALK INTO THIS
VINEYARD SOUTH OF
BAKERSFIELD, YOU CAN SMELL A
SWEET AROMA.
"COTTON CANDY." BUT THERE'S NO
COUNTY FAIR IN SIGHT -- LOOK
AROUND AND ALL YOU'LL FIND
ARE GRAPES...BUT THEY AREN'T AN
ORDINARY
VARIETY.
"THEY TASTE EXACTLY LIKE COTTON
CANDY.
WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW BLIND
TASTINGS
WHERE WE DON'T TELL PEOP
IT IS
THEY'RE GOING TO BE TASTING, THE
FIRST
THING THEY SAY IS COTTON CANDY."
A LOCAL FRUIT BREEDER CREATED
THE FLAVOR BY
CROSS POLLINATING WILD GRAPE
SPECIES. THIS SEASON -- THE
GRAPERY PRODUCED THE FIRST
COMMERCIAL HARVEST.
"FROM LA TO NEW YORK, COTTON
CANDY
GRAPES ARE BEING SOLD ALL OVER
THE
COUNTRY, BUT THEY'RE GROWN RIGHT
HERE IN
KERN COUNTY."
"A LOT OF CUSTOMERS EXCITED TO
FIRST
TIME. THE REAL TEST WILL COME IF
THEY, ONCE THEY TR
THEY WAN
TH
PROMISING AND A LI
VOLU
GRAPERY CEO JIM BEAGLE SAYS THE
PRODUCTION OF COTTON CANDY
GRAPES ISN
SOLD TO LARGER RETAI
KING THEM DIFFICULT TO FIND,
UNLESS YOU KNOW WHERE TO
LOOK.
"ALTHOUGH THEY'RE BEING SOLD
ACROSS
THE UNITED STATES, IN
BAKERSFIELD YOU
CAN ONLY FIND THEM IN ONE
PLACE."
"PEOPLE WERE JUST POURING IN TO
GET
THEM." SWEET SURRENDER IS THE
ONLY LOCAL RETAILER SELLING
COTTON CANDY GRAPES.
"WE CORNERED A LITTLE MARKET ON
THEM AND PEOPLE KNOW THAT. SO
WHEN IT'S GRAPE SEASON THEY COME
ONLY PLACE THEY CAN GET IT." IF
THE DEMAND GROWS --
BEAGLE SAYS PRODUCTION WILL AS
COTTON CANDY GRAPES SELL
LOCALLY FOR ABOUT FIVE
DOLLARS A POUND. BEAGLE SAYS
HE'S HEARD OF PRICES RANGING
FROM 3.99 UP TO
MORE THAN TEN DOLLARS A POUND.
THE GRAPES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR
ABOUT A MONTH. LIVE IN LAMONT
KRISTIN PRICE 17 NEWS.
COMING UP... A SHARK
WHO CREATED A COTTON CANDY
FLAVORED GRAPE SPECIES. THE
HARVEST IS READY AND
WE'RE PUTTING IT TO THE TEST.
17'S KRISTIN PRICE IS BACK FROM
LAMONT THIS MORNING
WHERE THE FRUIT IS GROWN
LOCALLY. KRISTIN.
AFTER A DETAILED
POLLINATION PROCESS AND MONTHS
OF WAITING, COTTON CANDY GRAPES
ARE
FINALLY HERE. IT'S TRUE, THEY
TASTE AND EVEN SMELL LIKE
COTT
WHEN YOU WALK INTO THIS
VINEYARD SOUTH OF BAKERSFIELD,
YOU CAN SMELL A SWEET AROMA.
"COTTON CANDY." BUT THERE'S NO
COUNTY FAIR IN SIGHT -- LOOK
AROUND AND ALL YOU'LL FIND ARE
GRAPES...BUT
THEY AREN'T AN ORDINARY VARIETY.
"THEY TASTE EXACTLY LIKE COTTON
CANDY.
WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW BLIND
TASTINGS
WHERE WE DON'T TELL PEOPLE W
IT IS
THEY'RE GOING TO BE TASTING, THE
FIRST
THING THEY SAY IS COTTON CANDY."
A LOCAL FRUIT BREEDER
CREATED THE FLAVOR BY CROSS
POLLINATING
WILD GRAPE SPECIES. THIS SEASON
-- THE GRAPERY PRODUCED THE
FIRST COMMERCIAL HARVEST.
"FROM LA TO NEW YORK, COTTON
CANDY GRAPES ARE BEING SOLD ALL
OVER THE
COUNTRY, BUT THEY'RE GROWN RIGHT
HERE IN
KERN COUNTY."
"A LOT OF CUSTOMERS EXCITED TO
FIRST TIME. THE REAL
COME IF TH
REORDERING THEM, BUT
IT'S V
GRAPERY CEO JIM BEAGLE SAYS THE
PRODUCTI
GRAPES ISN'T BIG ENOUGH TO
BE SOLD TO LARGER
RETAILERS....MA KING THEM
DIFFICULT TO FIND, UNLESS
YOU KNOW WHERE TO LOOK.
"ALTHOUGH THEY'RE BEING SOLD
ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, IN
BAKERSFIELD YOU
CAN ONLY FIND THEM IN ONE
PLACE."
"PEOPLE WERE JUST POURING IN TO
GET
THEM." SWEET SURRENDER IS THE
ONLY LOCAL
RETAILER SELLING COTTON CANDY
GRAPES.
"WE CORNERED A LITTLE MARKET ON
THEM AND PEOPLE KNOW THAT. SO
WHEN IT'S GRAPE SEASON THEY COME
ONLY
PLACE THEY CAN GET IT." IF THE
DEMAND GROWS -- BEAGLE SAYS
PRODUCTION WILL AS WELL.
COTTON CANDY GRAPES SELL
LOCALLY FOR ABOUT FIVE DOLLARS A
POUND. BEAGLE SAYS HE'S HEARD OF
PRICES RANGING FROM 3.99 UP TO
MORE THAN TEN DOLLARS A POUND.
THE GRAPES
WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ABOUT A
MONTH. LIVE IN LAM
PRICE 17 NEW
STILL AHEAD ON SUNRISE.
SIGHTING IN AN