Empire (apple)
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Empire is the name of a clonally propagated cultivar of apple derived from a seed grown in 1945 by Lester C. Anderson, a Cornell University fruit nutritionist who conducted open pollination research on his various orchards.[1] In 1945, under the direction of A. J. Heinicke, scientists from the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station of Cornell University in Geneva, New York, harvested the Empire seed together with thousands of its siblings.[1] The Geneva teams grew and tested ever dwindling sub-populations of the sibling group until 1966, when the final selection, the Empire, was released to the public at the New York Fruit Testing Association meetings in Geneva.[1] According to the US Apple Association website it is one of the fifteen most popular apple cultivars in the United States.[2]
Malus domestica 'Empire' | |
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Hybrid parentage | 'McIntosh' × 'Red Delicious' |
Cultivar | 'Empire' |
Origin | Geneva, New York, 1945 |