Red King
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Red King
Fruit: Red Delicious type. Colors earlier and darker than Starking, with prominent stripes. Most nearly resembles Starking. Fruit colors early. Described as "a redder King apple."
Origin: Collected from multiple sources during the 1963 USDA survey of apple clones:
- Van Well Nurseries, Wenatchee, Washington
- Agricultural Experiment Station, Kearneysville, West Virginia
- E.D. Smith & Son, Winona, Canada
- Riverside Orchard, Riverside, Washington
Tree Characteristics: Not described in source.
Season: Not described in source.
Uses: Not described in source.
Other: Evaluated at reporting stations across the United States and Canada (Vermont, Oregon, New York, Michigan, Maine, Ohio, Missouri, New Jersey, Washington, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Oklahoma).
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1913) from Illinois
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913
View original book sources (1)
— H.H. Fisher (USDA ARS), A Survey of Apple Clones in the United States (1963)Red King
Received from Van Well Nurs., Wenatchee, Wash. Red Delicious type, colors earlier & dkr. than Starking. Prominent stripes. Station No. 154, 1411, 52. Reporting Sta.: VtB; OrC, NyG, MiG; MeO; OhW; MoC.
Received from AES, Kearneysville, W. Va. Reporting Sta.: NjB.
Received from E. D. Smith & Son, Winona, Canada. A redder King apple. Reporting Sta.: OhW.
Received from Riverside Orch., Riverside, Wash. Station No. AP-H-41, M-734. Reporting Sta.: WaP; WaM.
Fr. colors early; most nearly resembles Starking. Reporting Sta.: KaM, PaU, InL, OkS.