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	GDsnp01648	T/G	A|B
2	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01651	A/G	A|B
3	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01665	A/G	A|B
4	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01670	M	A|B
5	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01682	T/C	A|B
6	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01693	T/C	A|A
7	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01697	T/G	A|B
8	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01703	A/G	A|B
9	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01704	A/G	A|A
10	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01705	A/G	A|A
11	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01706	T/C	B|B
12	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01710	A/G	$$|$$
13	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01713	T/C	A|B
14	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01715	T/C	A|A
15	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01717	T/G	A|A
16	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01728	T/G	A|A
17	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01734	T/C	A|B
18	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01742	T/C	A|B
19	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01747	T/C	A|B
20	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01759	R	B|B
21	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01761	T/C	A|A
22	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01764	A/G	B|B
23	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01767	T/C	B|B
24	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01768	T/C	A|B
25	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp01769	T/C	A|B

Database	Accession
GRIN	PI 588842
Fruit and Nut Cultivars Database	11411