Empire is the name of a clonally-propagated cultivar of apple derived from a seed grown in 1945 by Lester C. Anderson, a Cornell University fruit nutritionist who conducted open pollination research on his various orchards.[1] In 1945, under the direction of A. J. Heinicke, scientists from the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station of Cornell University in Geneva, New York, harvested the Empire seed , together with thousands of its siblings.[1] The Geneva teams grew and tested ever dwindling sub-populations of the sibling group until 1966, when the final selection, the Empire, was released to the public at the New York Fruit Testing Association meetings in Geneva.[1]
Description
Empire apples are red, juicy, firm, crunchy and sweet. They ripen during September and October, and will keep until January.
The original seed was a cross between the varieties McIntosh and Red Delicious
References
- ^ a b c McCandless, Linda (1996). "Experiment Station's successful Empire apple has its 30th birthday". Cornell Chronicle. Cornell University. http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/96/9.19.96/empire_apple.html. Retrieved 2007-10-13.
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