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EMPIRE
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Parentage / Origin : Origin: Mcintosh x Red Delicious New York 1966
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Harvest / Season : Early - good for early season pies and apple crisps |
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Description: McIntosh type apple with better color and flavor. Dark red with heavy, waxy bloom and crisp, juicy flesh with
some aromatic quality. Good fresh. Fruit hangs on tree longer than McIntosh.
Very consistent annual producer. Excellent Salad apple. Marginally hardy on Minnesota
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Other Characteristics : Requires pollination. Hardiness zones: 4,5,6,7,8,9
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Information sources: Trees of Antiquity
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Nursery Sources: Trees of Antiquity
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