Tangy sweetness with strong brown sugar and berry overtones and a hint of vinous flavor
Developed by Cornell University in 1962, a cross between Empire and Northern Spy. While its sister apple, NY 429, was getting all the love and an official name (Fortune), nobody bothered to bestow a moniker on poor NY 428. This is terribly unfair, as Fortune lacks NY 428’s complexity and tangy sweetness.

You can’t find an uglier duckling in the apple world. Large, squat, lopsided, and ribbed, this apple isn’t much to look at. Even its non-name screams to its unloved nature. Why should we pay attention to an apple that not even a mother could love enough to name? Because when you bite into it, you’ll find that ugly duckling is really a beautiful swan. NY 428 has one of the most complex flavor profiles you’ll find. The underlying tangy sweetness is augmented by tropical notes of sugar-coated berries, and there’s a little hint of vinous flavor in there, too, thanks to its Empire parent. Truly, this apple has a little bit of everything to it. The only thing it lacks is a name! Since its sister apple is Fortune, perhaps this glorious tasting apple should be called “Glory.”