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Post by ogemaone on Mar 23, 2017 9:48:00 GMT -6
I don't have any Enterprise (or Gold Rush for that matter). It's another borderline hardy tree in 4a/3b. Probably worth trying a tree or two and see what happens. I think part of the issue with Enterprise is that it may not ripen most years in shorter season (4a and below) zones. That isn't a big deal for deer, but if you're wanting them for humans too...it may be an odd year to have them fully ripen. Gold Rush is even later ripening (I think) I'm looking for 3-4 more eating apples for the family to plant. I'm think yellow transparent, but can't find any this year. I'll get one or two next year. Not many rated for 3B. I'd also like to try wolf river but those are rated for zone 4 as well. |
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Post by smsmith on Mar 23, 2017 9:50:06 GMT -6
I wouldn't call either Y.T. or W.R. eating apples, but I suppose that's an individual taste thing.
I wouldn't hesitate trying W.R. there, I see some reports of them being grown into 3a or even 2b.
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Post by ogemaone on Mar 23, 2017 9:57:24 GMT -6
Any suggestion for good eating? I already have 4 honey crisp.
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Post by smsmith on Mar 23, 2017 10:02:15 GMT -6
Well, I suppose good eating is individual. The Y.T. and W.R. are great apples for apple sauce and pies respectively. They're just not what I personally want for eating out of hand.
I tend to like sweeter apples. Honeygold (Yellow Delicious type for the north), Keepsake, Chestnut crab, Whitney crab, Centennial crab, Golden Russet (will be borderline hardy too), Zestar....I like all of those for fresh eating and have all of them (or will have after grafting Centennial this spring) in my orchards.
We had our first Keepsakes last fall and my wife and I both agreed we liked them better than Honeycrisp (Keepsake is one parent of H.C.)
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Post by ogemaone on Mar 23, 2017 10:08:27 GMT -6
I have Whitney, chestnut and centennial already. The kids like them. Maybe I'll just throw a few more in, I think there is a little less worry about crabs anyways. I'll still throw 2 yellow transparent in for sauce and pies. The wife likes to bake. Wish I would have decided months ago to plant more trees. I have the six franklin apples coming and it would have been easy to do more.
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Post by Sandbur on Mar 23, 2017 11:28:44 GMT -6
I have snowsweet, haralred, haralson, red baron, hazen. My wife likes hazen.
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Post by smsmith on Mar 23, 2017 13:29:27 GMT -6
Tolman Sweet is probably my favorite apple, but it is definitely a unique flavor. They are usually listed as "hardy and long lived". I've got a couple in the ground here and they're doing well. We'll see how they do long term.
In another few years I'll have a lot more first hand reports of a number of varieties that I have yet to sample.
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Post by Sandbur on Mar 24, 2017 6:33:40 GMT -6
Tolman Sweet is probably my favorite apple, but it is definitely a unique flavor. They are usually listed as "hardy and long lived". I've got a couple in the ground here and they're doing well. We'll see how they do long term. In another few years I'll have a lot more first hand reports of a number of varieties that I have yet to sample. I have chestnut crabs on different soils and probably on different rootstocks. They seem to taste differently to me. |
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Post by smsmith on Mar 24, 2017 6:37:31 GMT -6
Tolman Sweet is probably my favorite apple, but it is definitely a unique flavor. They are usually listed as "hardy and long lived". I've got a couple in the ground here and they're doing well. We'll see how they do long term. In another few years I'll have a lot more first hand reports of a number of varieties that I have yet to sample. I have chestnut crabs on different soils and probably on different rootstocks. They seem to taste differently to me. Yep, I've heard/read quite a bit of similar information. I know that the same variety from the same trees in different years can and do taste differently. It would make sense that apples grown on different soil (and maybe different rootstocks) would taste differently. |
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Post by Sandbur on Mar 25, 2017 14:43:28 GMT -6
I have chestnut crabs on different soils and probably on different rootstocks. They seem to taste differently to me. Yep, I've heard/read quite a bit of similar information. I know that the same variety from the same trees in different years can and do taste differently. It would make sense that apples grown on different soil (and maybe different rootstocks) would taste differently. And maybe different tastes on different pH soils. |
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