Applevariety
Empire
A dessert apple with cream flesh, flat-round in shape, raised in 1945 and introduced in 1966; mildly tart, aromatic and crisp. Picked in mid-October.
Origin · New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York
Released 1966
Taste & texture
- Acidity
- subacid
- Scent
- Aromatic.
- Bite
- crisp
- Used for
- Dessert apple
How to spot it
- Skin
- Skin greasiness MediumSurface colour RedSurface colour coverage very highSurface colour pattern striped
- Flesh
- Cream
- Shape
- Flat globose
- Size
- medium-large
- Appearance
- Surface ridges very weak
In US stores
Usual monthsToday, Oct 22Usual months
Oct · Supply recorded
- Supply recorded
Usual supply in the source records; not live store stock.
Origin & family
Where Empire began
Recorded origin
New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York
- Released
- 1966
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On the label
Produce label codes recorded for Empire
4124412541264127
Organic labels add a leading 9.
Field notes
Original source notes
- size
- medium to largenationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- shape
- roundnationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- flesh colour
- creamnationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- texture
- crisp · United Kingdomnationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- aroma
- Aromatic. · United Kingdomnationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
Fruit & tree
- size
- medium-large
- type
- Dessert
- shape
- Flat globose
- crunch
- crisp
- ribbing
- very weak
- parentage
- McIntosh x Delicious
- greasiness
- Medium
- over colour
- Red
- flesh colour
- Cream
- over colour amount
- very high
- over colour pattern
- striped
Photos
National Fruit Collection, BrogdaleUK Open Government Licence v2.0 Whole and cut, from the UK National Fruit Collection.