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King David
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Discovered in 1893 in a hedgerow in Washington County, Arkansas, USA. It was introduced in 1902 by stark bros., Louisiana, USA. Fruits have rather coarse flesh with a subacid, slightly sweet flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Jonathan x Winesap or Arkansas Black
- Shape
- Truncate conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Ribbing
- weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Amount)
- high-very high 2
- Greasiness
- Medium 2
- Coarseness
- coarse 2
- Flesh Colour
- Greenish 2
Accession No.
1943 - 006
- Accession name
- King David
- Flowering time ›››
- 6th May10% flowering
11th MayFull (80%) flowering
18th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid October 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019