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Empire Apple Tree
Empire Apple Tree
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Empire is a New York apple from a cross of McIntosh and Red Delicious, released in 1966. The medium dark red fruit has firm, fine textured flesh and a balanced sweet tart flavour.
The apples ripen in the middle of the season and store for two to three months. The productive trees have moderate resistance to apple scab but can be prone to fire blight in humid sites.
Cold Hardiness Zone: 4
Cold hardinessZone 4 · Canadian maps for this plant
Zone 4 and warmer
The map shows minimum winter hardiness. Soil, moisture and summer warmth also affect how a plant grows.
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Climate: Natural Resources Canada, 1991–2020. Provincial distribution: VASCAN via retained botanical research. Province outlines: Natural Earth, public domain.
Open Government Licence – CanadaPollination
Apples need pollen from a different apple or crabapple to set fruit. A second variety in your yard will do it, and so will a neighbour's apple or fruiting crabapple. Double flowered ornamental crabapples make no pollen and do not count.