. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 40 KING LADY SWEET set: calyx-tube wide, bluntly cone-shape; stamens median ; core variable, large, abaxile; cells wide open; core-lines meeting; carpels variable, round-ovate; seeds light brown, small, short, plump, acute; flesh white, fine, tender, juicy, brisk subacid ; fair to good; August and September. KING: See Tompkins King. KING DAVID. Fig. 30. This apple is a cross between Jonathan and Arkansas Black, resembling both parents in one or more characters. The trees are equal to either in hardiness, productiveness, vigor, and health. The
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 40 KING LADY SWEET set: calyx-tube wide, bluntly cone-shape; stamens median ; core variable, large, abaxile; cells wide open; core-lines meeting; carpels variable, round-ovate; seeds light brown, small, short, plump, acute; flesh white, fine, tender, juicy, brisk subacid ; fair to good; August and September. KING: See Tompkins King. KING DAVID. Fig. 30. This apple is a cross between Jonathan and Arkansas Black, resembling both parents in one or more characters. The trees are equal to either in hardiness, productiveness, vigor, and health. The apples are about the size of those of Jona- than and even better colored, as beautiful as any in the orchard; for added to the deep, solid, red color are rotundity in shape and uni- formity in size; these three qualities give the fruits an almost perfect appearance. The ap- ples hang long on the tree, all the while deep- ening in color, but for late keeping should be picked as soon as overspread with red and before the seeds are w'ell ripened. The flesh is firm, fine, crisp, tender, spicy, and juicy. The chief fault of the fruit is a tendency to. 30. King David. {XV2) decay at the core, especially when over-ripe. King David was found growing in a fence-row in Washington County. Arkansas, in 1893, and was introduced by Stark Brothers, Louisiana, Missouri, in 1902. Tree vigorous, healthy, hardy, productive; branches long, moderately stout. Fruit of medium size, round-oblate to oblate-conic, slightly ribbed; stem medium in length, slender; cavity moderately deep and broad, usually rus- seted; calyx small, closed; basin medium in depth, somewhat abrupt, furrowed; skin thin, tender, smooth; color pale greenish-yellow, almost entirely overspread with a very attractive deep, dark red, changing to scarlet; core rather large, open, abaxile, with clasping core-lines; calyx-tube long, narrow, funnel-shaped; flesh distinctly yellow, firm, crisp, moderately tender, juicy, brisk subacid, sp
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