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KIDD’S ORANGE RED A New Zealand variety, introduced to England around 1932. It was bred by Kidd, a farmer with a passion for breeding English type apples. Showy fruit, orange-gold with pinky-red stripes and some russeting. Firm and juicy and developing a rich, floral flavour, but it wants a warm climate to achieve its best, so is not recommended for Scotland. Attractive pink and white blossom. Ripening in October, it will last until the New Year. Pollination Group 4 |
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KING CHARLES PEARMAIN First recorded by Hogg in 1876, who had acquired it from Worcestershire, but it is believed to be much older. A late season dessert apple with russeted green and gold skin, often red flushed near the sun. The slightly conical apples have crisp, juicy flesh with a sweet, nutty flavour. Ripe in October, the apples store until March. Pollination Group 4 |
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KING
DAVID This is an American apple, but one widely planted in Europe
and Australia. It was found in 1893 growing in a fence row at Ben Frost’s
farm in Washington County, Arkansaw. It was introduced by the famous nursery
of Stark Brothers in 1902 and became a favourite for commercial orchards,
being promoted as better all round than the popular ‘Jonathan’.
King David is believed to have been from a cross of either Jonathan x
Winesap or Jonathan x Arkansaw Black. A medium to large, very good dual
purpose apple, which has also been used for cider. The apples are, in
some years, almost entirely coloured with dark red. The flesh is crisp,
juicy, sweet and quite strongly flavoured; a flavour which becomes even
richer with storage. It is ripe in October and will store into the New
Year. Pollination Group 5 |
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KING
HARRY Bunyard says that it was received by The Royal Horticultural
Society from Mr Manning of London, who had it from near Woodstock, Oxfordshire.
The first record was in 1842 but the apple is earlier. It was still in
existence in Britain quite recently, at Allgrove’s Nursery, Buckinghamshire,
now closed, and its fate was uncertain. We found the apple to have been
in the U.S. Plant Genetic Resources Unit at Cornell University since 1949
and, following the receipt of scionwood from there, new trees were grafted
here in 2005. It is a mid to late dessert apple which both Hogg and Bunyard
rated highly. The size is small to medium and truncate conic. The skin
is pale yellow with russet dots and the flesh is firm, tender and yellow,
with a sweet, rich flavour. Growth is moderate and upright. Bunyard called
it a distinct fruit of good quality. We agree. Pollination Group 5 |
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KING
OF THE PIPPINS Reine des Reinettes, Golden Winter Pearmain and
Prince's Pippin are just some of the many synonyms it has acquired. It
has been known since 1770, but is probably much earlier. A multi-purpose
dessert apple, used for cider in France and England, and for cooking in
France, as it keeps its shape. It has been widely grown in all areas of
England. When eaten raw it has firm flesh with a sweet and sharp, tangy,
rich flavour. A reliable cropper, with golden skin flushed tawny red.
A good cropper, part tip bearing, but willing to form spurs. It keeps
until February. Hogg also describes another King of The Pippins, which
is an early season apple, presumed missing. Attractive blossom with pink
reverses. Pollination Group 4 |
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KING
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY An American dessert apple, grown in America
since at least 1804 and long valued and grown in Britain, having been
introduced by nurseryman Thomas Rivers of Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire,
in the 19th century. Valued for its beautiful appearance; large, golden
fruit, with red flushes and streaks and sweet juicy flesh. It keeps its
shape completely, when cooked, is rich and sweet and is very useful for
pies and apple cake. When fully ripe it is a good crisp, juicy and sweet
eating apple. Strongly growing trees. Ripe in October, the apples will
stay in fine condition until the year end. T. Pollination Group 3 |
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KING'S
ACRE PIPPIN A late dessert apple introduced in 1899 by King's
Acre Nurseries in Hereford. Thought to be a cross between Ribston Pippin
and Sturmer Pippin, it has the sweet/sharp Sturmer taste with the aromatic,
juicy flesh of the Ribston. Vigorous trees, with a spreading habit and
pretty blossom. Partially tip-bearing. Stores until February. T. Pollination
Group 4 |
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KING’S
HALL A new name for a very old apple variety, borne on an ancient,
decayed and hollow tree, which is now more two trees than one, with the
original trunk now largely missing. Yet sturdy boughs, held by the re-growing
sides of the old trunk, still provide a good crop of apples. The tree
is in the garden of Kings Hall, a 12th century dwelling, once part of
Ashwell Farm, in Little Kingshill, Buckinghamshire. The accepted history
is that Kings Hall was one of several monastic cells that housed the founders
of Missenden Abbey, before it was founded in 1133. It was later used by
King John for entertaining and carousing, thereby acquiring its name.
A separate orchard contains many other old trees, but this one stands
separate and stands out, as being rather special. The medium sized apples
are an unusual shape, long and often with a curved fleshy extension at
the stalk, rather like a long Lemon Pippin. Ripe in late October, they
can be eaten fresh and are pleasant and lemony, but with modest sweetness
and flavour, and slightly firm flesh. When cooked, the fruit takes a while
to soften and then goes quickly and breaks up. The flavour is very rich
and rather tart, balanced beautifully with the addition of just a little
sugar. A very welcome discovery, only made possible by the care and curiosity
of owners Jill and Ray Bate and whose help and hospitality, in their unique
‘Hall’, are greatly appreciated, as is their choice of the
perfect name for their apple. Pollination Group 5 |
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