Do you like Enterprise Apples?

12 years ago

I have an Enterprise apple tree. I was attracted by its description as disease resistant, stores well, flavor, rich, spicy, full. I haven't found these apples to be that great. Maybe it was the season, maybe it was my picking, maybe it is my site. Did you ever eat an Enterprise and say, "Wow, this is a great apple!" I am wondering whether to top work it with something tastier.

Thanks, Ted

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skyjs

12 years ago

For me they seem to taste much better when cold than when room temperature. I like them quite a bit, but I ate a room temperature one today and thought, "That wasn't that great." I like Enterprise a lot. I also think that the thick skin helps fight off insects.
John S
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barrie2m_(6a, central PA)
12 years ago
This is one variety that has both good and bad qualities. Because it has disease resistance it usually produces a decent looking apple. It stores well also. I've found that it tastes like cardboard when first picked but gets more tolerable after storing for a month. I would never describe the flavor as "Rich", "Spicey" or "Full".

My advise to you is to enjoy the tree for what it is. If it is planted wherre passers-by can see it they will all envy the beauty of the tree loaded with good looking fruit. I don't have another variety that has such a high yield of high percentage of "perfect" apples on my low spray program. It is a keeper. I had a few cut up in my breakfast oatmeal today. It's just not the snack apple I would want in the fall.
User
12 years ago
Enterprise is a very good storage apple. I've learned to keep it on the tree as long a possible and then refrigerate in plastic bags. After about a month, the fruits mellow nicely.

What I don't care for is the rather thick, tough skin.
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alan haigh
12 years ago
I agree about the thick skin. Not very desirable, but it's nice to have a DR that harvests late and stores well. I think there may now be some better varieties to fill this bill, however. Adams has a couple that were bred in a French program and I tasted a couple of Crimson Crisp last season that seemed superior to Enterprise. Although it bears mid-season it's supposed to store for 4 months.
tedgrowsit
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12 years ago
I also ate my first CrimsonCrisp this season and it was great. I also just got some scion from the USDA including Co-op 31, which I find is WineCrisp. These both seem to be a bit superior to Enterprise, although I have not yet tasted a WineCrisp. Thanks for the response. Ted
olpea
12 years ago
I grow Enterprise and would agree with the above comments. I would add the apples are naturally big and stay pretty hard/firm.
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They're good bakers.
austransplant
12 years ago
I'd agree with the comments above. It's a very disease resistant apple but it really does require cold storage for a while to develop good flavor. When it does so it is a good tasting apple -- not near the best, but not bad, perfectly ok for every day eating -- better in my view than the sugar bombs available in the stores these days. I also grow Williams Pride, a summer apple, and I have to say a fully ripe WP right off the tree tastes really good.
jrb633
7 years ago
I enjoy enterprise for both eating and baking. I usually pick in early to mid October, when the apples are quite large. They keep wonderfully in my garage fridge for several months.
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We just picked some at a local farm. I think they are delicious. I am excited to try them for baking.

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