Enterprise apple

Enterprise apple identification images

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USDA identification images for Enterprise

The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.

Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.

Visitor reviews

• 16 Apr 2023 

  Have not had the pleasure of trying the apples from this variety but have had zero disease problems with it so far. One on a rootstock from Grandpa's orchard has been less than vigorous but a second one I grafted myself onto a seedling has grown really well. Can't wait to try the apples from this variety. For Ken Meter, apples and cross naturally all the time. No genetic engineering was used to create this variety.
• 09 Feb 2023 

  From this description it appears that genetic modification has been used to insert crabapple genetics into the Enterprise variety. If so, how can these apples, or Cosmic Crisp derived from Enterprise, be labelled as "organic"?
• 20 Nov 2022 

  Need to know the flowering period for this apple in order to be able to ensure can cross pollinate with apples that flower around that same time. Not found listed at all.
• 16 Dec 2014  MAINE, United States

  A top U-Pick apple: great baking and storing qualities, great flavor, hangs very well, a long one-month harvest window. However, contrary to the literature, the leaves at least are not particularly resistant to the Cedar Apple Rust in our area. That said, it is one of the easiest apples to grow.
• 28 Sep 2014  CT, United States

  I ate some of these today and enjoyed the sweet flavor. The apples were large and very red.
• 26 Jan 2013  WASHINGTON, United States

  I really enjoyed eating this apple. Nice balance of sweet and tart. Large apple, and thick skinned.
• 22 Sep 2012  ILLINOIS, United States

  This is a great apple. I have had a semi-dwarf tree that has borne for over ten years and it never fails me. Apples look great and taste great and keep for at least six months. It has had apples when no one elses trees have had any.
• 05 May 2012  VIRGINIA, BEDFORD, United States

  I just moved to Virginia last year. The tree was here. Needed pruning bad. I lightened it substantially in February. A lot of blooms early because of the warm weather. Does anyone think this will be an early harvest. The apples are already the size of a cherry tomato Any advice? A lot of apples the tree is very mature 22 feet high 20 feet across. J.
• 16 Oct 2011  NY, United States

  My 3 year old Enterprise tree bore it's first apple this year. A single apple. I had read several reviews of Enterprise that rated it's taste as average to good with thick skin. I was pleasantly surprised. Quite tasty and fairly tangy. It was quite red, but probably could have stood on the tree a bit longer. The skin is thick, similar to Mutsu. Very firm and crunchy. Very easy to grow so far and very disease resistant although aphids seem to prefer it over other apples.
• 15 Feb 2011  WA, United States

  This is an outstanding apple! I have 1 tree that is over 10 years old and it reliably produces every year, even when all the rest of the trees have no apples (2010 summer). We don't spray or treat our trees with anything, just pruning. All other trees we have get scab except Enterprise. Apples keep until Thanksgiving and Christmas and are excellent for cooking pies. Skin gets progressively more wax in storage. They are "ok" for fresh eating, not bad, just not fantastic. Highly recommended for ease of growing and beautiful apples that keep!

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Where to buy trees

The following tree nurseries offer Enterprise apple trees for sale:

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Where to buy fresh fruit

The following orchards grow Enterprise:

United States

• Alabama

  • Isom Orchards, Athens

• Arizona

  • Beatty's Orchard, Hereford

• Arkansas

  • Cox Berry Farm & Nursery, Clarksville

• Connecticut

  • Autumn Harvest Orchard LLC, Norfolk

• Georgia

  • Freedom Farms - Apple & Peach Orchard, Chatsworth

• Illinois

  • Liberty Apple Orchard, Edwardsville

• Indiana

  • County Line Orchard, Hobart
  • Crosby's Orchard, Lawrenceburg
  • HighPoint Orchard & Farm Market, Greensburg
  • Harker Family Farms & Orchard, Waldron

• Iowa

  • Allen's Orchard, Marion
  • Appleberry Farm, Marshalltown
  • Applecart Orchard, Vinton
  • Ditmars Orchard, Council Bluffs
  • The Wallace Centers of Iowa, Orient
  • Wills Family Orchard, Adel
  • Wilson's Orchard, Iowa City

• Kentucky

  • Brandywine Orchard, Guthrie
  • Evans Orchard & Cider Mill, Georgetown

• Maine

  • Plowshares Community Farm, Gorham

• Massachusetts

  • Park Hill Orchard, Easthampton
  • Phil's Apples, Harvard

• Michigan

  • KlineKrest USDA Certified Organic Produce Farm, Lyons

• Missouri

  • Hickory Ridge Orchard, Mexico
  • Sunshine Valley Farm, Rogersville

• Nebraska

  • Union Orchard, Union

• New Hampshire

  • Apple Annie, Brentwood

• Ohio

  • Charlie's Apples at Windy Hill Apple Farm, Newark
  • CherryHawk Farm, Marysville
  • Hidden Hills Orchard, Marietta

• Oklahoma

  • High-Fence Farm LLC, Sand Springs

• Pennsylvania

  • Andrews Farm Market, Saint Thomas
  • Brown's Orchard and Cider Company, McDonald

• Virginia

  • Marker-Miller Orchards Farm Market, Winchester
  • Sweet Rose Farm, Blue Grass

• Wisconsin

  • Rush River Orchard and Bakery, Ellsworth

References

• Cedar-Apple Rust  
  Author: Stephen Vann, University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture (FSA7538)
  Rated as very resistant - no control needed against CAR.