Empire and Honeygold Apples

Honeygold was developed at the University of Minnesota, and is a descendent of Golden Delicious bred for cold hardiness. It’s a firm with golden-green skin and is sweet with floral notes, like honey or rose.
In comparison, the Empires have more of the classic brown apple notes (like apple cider or the soda Manzanita Sol) also with more tartness. Empire is cross between Red Delicious and McIntosh, bred at Cornell University in upstate New York.