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Enterprise is a modern bred, late-ripening and attractive, red cultivar of domesticated apple with excellent fruit quality combined with disease resistance to scab, cedar apple rust, fire blight and some resistance to powdery mildew. The fruit is large and attractive and retains excellent fresh quality for up to six months at 1°C.
The Cosmic Crisp is a cross between Honeycrisp and Enterprise apples. It is intended to have the texture and juiciness of the Honeycrisp, and the late-ripening behavior and long storage of the Enterprise. [3] The Cosmic Crisp is characterized mainly by uniformly colored dark red skin, dense firm flesh, and an improved shelf life. [4]
USA TODAY spoke with apple breeders, growers and researchers to find the secrets of one of America's most popular fruits.
It was also formerly known as Golden Winter Pearmain, [5] [1] because of its ripening period at late fall. [2] Unlike most apple cultivars it is slightly self-fertile. [3] It earned the Award of Garden Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1993. [6] Density 0.83 g/cc; Sugar 12,5%; Acidity 7.7 g/litre; Vitamin C 15 mg/100g. [7]
Antonovka apples. Antonovka is a cultivar of vernacular selection, which began to spread from the region of Kursk in Russia during the 19th century. [4] While the fruit-bearing trees have not received a wide degree of recognition outside the former Soviet Union, many nurseries do use Antonovka rootstocks, since they impart a degree of winter-hardiness to the grafted varieties.
Haralson apples are crisp and juicy, having a tart flavor. They are good for eating, cooking, ... The flowers bloom late, and the fruit ripens in early October.
Lady Williams is a cultivar of apple; the fruits are eaten fresh [1] and mature very late in the season. [2] The original tree was a chance seedling, thought to be from Granny Smith, with pollen from either Jonathan or Rokewood. [1]
The Minnewashta apple is known for its earlier ripening season, ripening in late August through September, marking an earlier start to the apple growing season in Minnesota. [2] The Minnewasheta trees were subject to cold climate testing in laboratories to ensure that the fruit is capable of growing in northern climates. [2]