King Cole

Origin and History

King Cole was received in the United States from New Zealand on two separate occasions. The first introduction was in 1958, accession received at the U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Glenn Dale, Maryland (reporting station MdG), assigned Plant Introduction number 249925. A second specimen was received in 1961 from D. W. McKenzie at the Fruit Research Orchard, Goddard Lane, Maveloch North, New Zealand, with the reporting station being the Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology, Geneva, New York (reporting station NyG).

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Not described in source.

Season

Not described in source.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes and Variants

Not described in source.

Other

The variety appears in the USDA ARS survey record as a New Zealand introduction with two distinct accession pathways into United States germplasm collections during the late 1950s and early 1960s.