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Black Ben Davis
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A coloured sport of Ben Davis. It arose in about 1880 on the farm of M. Black, Washington County, Arkansas, USA. Fruits have firm, sweet flesh with little flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Black Ben Dawis
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1967 - 060
- Accession name
- Black Ben Davis
- Flowering time ›››
- 11th May10% flowering
16th MayFull (80%) flowering
22nd May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid October 1
- Size
- large 1
- Shape
- Flat globose 1
- Ribbing
- very weak 1
- Crown
- weak 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- medium-high 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- washed out/solid flush 1
- Russet
- low-medium 1
- Greasiness
- Medium 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Coarseness
- coarse 1
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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