Maybe you’ve seen them at the grocery store…and maybe you passed them off as a total gimmick. But Cotton Candy grapes are as popular as ever, and surprisingly, they really do taste like the spun-sugar ...

It’s not easy peddling fresh fruit to a nation of junk-food addicts. But in rural Kern County, David Cain is working to win the stomachs and wallets of U.S. grocery shoppers. Cain is a fruit breeder.

Upon first biting into a cotton candy grape, I felt sure it had an artificial flavor or that some "weird science" had hacked Mother Nature in vicarious ways. Its resemblance to the classic pink, ...