Long Keeping Apple Varieties
Keepsake (04-Feb.)
No description available at this time.
Kentish Quarrenden (01-Jan.)
Received by the National Fruit Trials before 1931. Origin unknown. Fruits have fairly firm, fine flesh with a sweet and perfumed flavour.
Kentucky Redstreak (01-Dec.)
Originated in USA. It was known before 1864. Fruits have firm, fine flesh with a subacid flavour.
King Cole (01-Jan.)
Raised by R.G. Cole at Lang Lang, Victoria, Australia. It was first exhibited in 1912. Fruits have firm, fine, greenish white flesh with a subacid flavour.
King David (01-Jan.)
Discovered in 1893 in a hedgerow in Washington County, Arkansas, USA. It was introduced in 1902 by stark bros., Louisiana, USA. Fruits have rather coarse flesh with a subacid, slightly sweet flavour.
King Jona Gold (02-Feb.)
An even red flushed clone of Jonagold. Discovered in 1985 by nurseryman J. Nicolai, Belgium. Fruits are juicy and sweet with a good rich flavour.
King Sur (07-Dec.)
A foundling discovered growing by a road in Herefordshire. Lovely red-yellow apple - probably offspring of a discarded Gala or Braeburn core.
Kings Grace (01-Mar.)
A foundling discovered by a road in Shropshire. Probably the offspring of a discarded Braeburn core. Tastes like Braeburn.
Kinkead Red Spy (02-Feb.)
A more highly coloured sport of Northern Spy. It was received by the National Fruit Trials via Scotland from the Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Canada. Fruits have fairly firm, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a sweet and pleasant flavour.