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Co-op 30
type: Dessert, Eating
synonyms: Marketed as Enterprise, often misspelled Enterprize.
identification: Size is medium to large, round tending to long conic, sometimes lopsided. The base colour is greenish yellow over which is a deep, Burgundy-red wash with the coverage ranging between 80 and 100%. Some darker striping can be discerned at times. Sparsely marked with prominent, whitish lenticels. The skin is tough and thick, yet smooth and glossy.
characteristics: Flesh is pale yellow to cream in colour, medium-grained, firm, crisp and juicy. Sprightly and spicy. The apple tends to be a bit on the tart side when first picked but sweetens after a month in storage. Spicy with a full, rich flavour. However, the skin can be tough and chewy.
uses: Best eaten fresh but because of its rather thick and tough skin, most people prefer the apple peeled.
origins: Developed at the Purdue University’s Horticulture Farm as a seedling created by crossing McIntosh with pollen from ( Starking Double Red Delicious x ( Golden Delicious x F2 26829-2-2))
at West Lafayette, Indiana (U.S.A.). It was named Enterprise prior to its release in 1993. The purpose of the breeding program was to develop an apple that was disease resistant.
cultivation: A vigorous, spreading, tree. Spur bearer. Produces annually.
cold storage: Keeps up to four months in cold storage.
vulnerabilities: Resistant to fire blight and cedar apple rust. Very resistant to scab. Slightly susceptible to brown rot. Susceptible to mildew. Slightly susceptible to brown rot.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the first three weeks of the third period. Overripe fruit develops a greasy feel to the skin.
pollination group: D
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 16
harvest period: 3
hardiness: 4
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