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	GDsnp00583	T/C	A|B
2	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00584	T/C	A|B
3	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00599	T/C	B|B
4	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00604	A/G	A|B
5	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00606	T/C	B|B
6	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00607	T/C	B|B
7	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00614	T/C	A|B
8	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00615	T/C	$$|A
9	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00618	T/C	A|A
10	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00621	T/G	B|B
11	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00624	A/G	B|B
12	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00626	T/C	A|A
13	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00629	T/C	A|A
14	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00636	T/C	B|B
15	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00639	T/G	A|A
16	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00641	T/C	A|A
17	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00646	T/G	A|A
18	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00659	A/G	A|A
19	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00662	T/C	$$|$$
20	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00663	T/C	B|B
21	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00664	A/G	B|B
22	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00669	T/G	A|A
23	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00679	T/C	A|A
24	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00681	T/C	A|A
25	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00682	T/C	A|B

Database	Accession
GRIN	PI 588842
Fruit and Nut Cultivars Database	11411