Empire Apple Tree

With the Empire Apple Tree (Malus 'Empire'), you get the best two of the world's most beloved apple varieties: the Red Delicious and the Macintosh. Because it offers the best characteristics of both of its parents, you know this is an apple that won't remain in your bowl for long.

Empire is an easy-to-grow apple tree that remains a steadfast favorite among growers. It offers longer-lasting fruit and a super sweet taste with a crisp snap of firm flesh inside.

You'll praise the Empire's crimson red skin and its dove white flesh, two of the attributes that make it a favorite among apple lovers. The taste is the one you remember from your childhood, sweet and desert-like, easily preferable to the snacks that you might reach for in the vending machine. Some fans say that the taste and its timeless scent beat out that of its parent, the McIntosh.

This all-purpose apple is good for everything. It's excellent as a snack for fresh eating, in fruit salads, minced into sauces, ciders, baking and it even freezes well.

At maturity, this compact tree is sized just right for the suburban or urban garden, but you can keep it even smaller with a simple summer prune. Like most Macintosh offspring, it is happy to set many, many little apples for you if you let it. You'll want to thin out the crop each year to get bigger and better apples.

The Empire requires full sun and cool autumn nights for optimal growth. While it is partially self-fertile, you'll want to give it a pollination parnter to increase your fall yield.

Nothing is better than the taste of apples picked fresh from the tree. When you grow your own Empire Apples, you also get the added benefit of knowing what does or does not go into your apples before they made their way into your family's hands. Planting an Empire Apple tree in your yard is also a great investment in your family's health and culinary pleasure for years or even generations to come.

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Recommended Pollinators: Gala, GoldRush, Honeycrisp, Pink Lady, SnowSweet