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	GDsnp01467	R	B|B
2	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01476	T/G	B|B
3	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01478	A/G	A|B
4	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01479	T/C	A|A
5	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01481	T/C	A|B
6	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01484	A/G	B|B
7	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01487	T/C	B|B
8	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01488	T/G	B|B
9	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01493	T/C	B|B
10	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01494	Y	A|B
11	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01500	T/C	A|B
12	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01501	T/C	A|A
13	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01502	A/G	B|B
14	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01507	T/C	A|A
15	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01516	T/C	A|A
16	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01518	A/G	B|B
17	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01522	R	A|B
18	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01524	A/G	B|B
19	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01525	A/G	B|B
20	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01531	T/C	A|A
21	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01539	A/G	A|B
22	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01542	T/C	B|B
23	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01548	T/C	B|B
24	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01552	A/G	A|A
25	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01555	A/G	A|A

Database	Accession
GRIN	PI 588842
Fruit and Nut Cultivars Database	11411