Empire Apples. © Cliff Hutson / flickr.com / 2009 / CC BY 2.0
September the 15th is the birthday of Empire Apples.
Not every apple is so lucky as to have its own official birthday, but this one does.
The Empire apple was developed in New York State (the “Empire” State) at Cornell’s Experimental Station in Geneva, NY over two decades of selective breeding.
It was released to public on 15 September 1966 by “pomologist” Roger D. Way.
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