Ben Davis

Apple

A coloured sport of Ben Davis. Received by the National Fruit Trials from Yugoslavia, via Scotland. It first fruited in Scotland in 1960. Fruits have firm, sweet flesh with little flavour.

Synonyms:

Baltimore Pippin, Baltimore Red, Baltimore Red Streak, Ben Devis, Carolina Red Cheek, Carolina Red Streak, Funkheuser, Funkhouser, Hutchinson's Pippin, Joc Allen, Joe Allen, Kentuck Pippin, Kentucky, Kentucky Pippin, Kentucky Red Streak, Kentucky Streak, New York Pippin, New-York Pippin, Pepin de NewYork, Red Pippin, Robinson's Streak, Tenan Red, Victoria Pippin, Victoria Red, Virginia Pippin

Accession Number:

1967 - 061  

Accession Name:

Ben Davis

Use:

Dessert

Flowering:

10% open: 9th May

Fully open: 14th May

90% over: 24th May

Picking time:

Mid October