Black Ben Davis
syn. Black Ben Dawis
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
A coloured sport of Ben Davis. It arose in about 1880 on the farm of M. Black, Washington County, Arkansas, USA. Fruits have firm, sweet flesh with little flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 11th May (10%) · 16th May (full) · 22nd May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- subacid, slightly aromatic
- Ribbing
- not ribbed
- Fruit size
- medium to large
- Fruit shape
- flat, conic, convex to straight
- Over colour
- almost completely covered bright red flushed dark red
- Flesh colour
- whitish
- Flesh texture
- firm, coarse, crisp
- Ground colour
- pale yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- weak
- Shape
- Flat globose
- Crunch
- crisp
- Russet
- low-medium
- Ribbing
- very weak
- Firmness
- firm
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Yellowish
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- medium-high
- Over colour pattern
- washed out/solid flush
Source · National Fruit Collection
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