Empire

Name	Empire
Alias	N/A
GRIN ID	PI 588842
Type	Cultivar
Species	Malus x domestica
Description	N/A
Origin Country	N/A
Origin Detail	N/A
Pedigree	N/A
Maternal Parent	Marshall McIntosh
Paternal Parent	Delicious
Maternal Parent of	N/A
Paternal Parent of	Fortune [view all 2]
Phenotypic Data	[view all 395]
SSR Genotype Data	[view all 9]
SNP Genotype Data	[view all 14150]
Map	N/A
DNA Library	N/A
Sequence	N/A
Comments	Fruit size medium to large; shape intermediate to flat, truncate conic to rectangular, convex, slightly ribbed; skin solid red with slight striping, thick, waxy; flesh crisp, creamy; flavor subacid, aromatic. High quality dessert apple also good for cider. Season mid to very late. Vigorous, upright early bearing tree, spur type habit; produces annually, needs some thinning. Self-fruited. Ripens two weeks after McIntosh and hangs on tree longer. Hardy to -30 degrees F. Storage: 160 days at 30 degrees F. Additonal LIT.CIT: Whealy, K. 1989. Fruit, Berry and Nut Inventory, p. 42
Reference	Howard NP, Peace C, Silverstein KATS, Poets A, Luby JJ, Vanderzande S, Durel CE, Muranty H, Denancé C, and van de Weg E. The use of shared haplotype length information for pedigree reconstruction in asexually propagated outbreeding crops, demonstrated for apple and sweet cherry. Accepted to Horticulture Research.

Year	Publication
2021	Howard, N.P., Peace, C., Silverstein, K.A.T. et al. The use of shared haplotype length information for pedigree reconstruction in asexually propagated outbreeding crops, demonstrated for apple and sweet cherry. Hortic Res 8, 202 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41438-021-00637-5

#	Dataset	Marker Name	Allele	Genotype
1	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00330	T/C	A|A
2	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00331	T/C	A|B
3	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00332	A/C	B|B
4	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00333	T/G	B|B
5	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00338	T/C	B|B
6	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00341	T/C	B|B
7	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00342	T/C	A|A
8	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00347	T/C	A|A
9	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00349	T/C	A|B
10	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00354	T/C	A|A
11	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00356	T/C	B|B
12	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00357	T/C	B|B
13	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00358	A/C	A|B
14	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00362	T/C	B|B
15	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00363	T/C	A|B
16	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00370	A/G	B|B
17	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00373	T/C	A|B
18	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00377	A/C	B|B
19	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00388	T/C	B|B
20	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00389	Y	A|A
21	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00390	A/G	B|B
22	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00396	T/C	A|B
23	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00397	T/C	A|B
24	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00400	T/G	A|B
25	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00405	A/G	A|B

Database	Accession
GRIN	PI 588842
Fruit and Nut Cultivars Database	11411