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	GDsnp00694	T/G	B|B
2	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00699	T/C	A|A
3	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00719	T/C	A|A
4	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00734	T/G	A|A
5	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00735	A/G	A|B
6	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00762	T/C	B|B
7	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00782	T/C	B|B
8	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00796	T/C	B|B
9	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00802	A/C	A|B
10	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00812	T/G	A|A
11	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00840	T/G	A|A
12	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00842	T/C	B|B
13	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00860	T/G	B|B
14	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00862	T/C	B|B
15	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00863	M	A|A
16	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00864	A/C	B|B
17	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00866	T/C	B|B
18	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00867	T/G	A|A
19	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00869	T/G	A|B
20	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00871	T/G	A|B
21	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00874	A/G	A|A
22	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00875	T/G	A|B
23	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00881	A/C	A|B
24	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00883	T/G	A|B
25	RosBREED_Apple_CRS_SNP_Genotype_2020	GDsnp00890	A/C	A|A

Database	Accession
GRIN	PI 588842
Fruit and Nut Cultivars Database	11411