Some apple connoisseurs consider King David to be one of the finest eating apples there have ever been. Crisp, with a Perfect Sweet/Tart balance, Great Flavor and Beautiful. This Mid-Season Apple was discovered in 1893 by Farmer Ben Frost in Arkansas. It most likely falls in the genetic line of Arkansas Black and/or Winesap and can still be found in Heirloom Orchards all over the US.

Found in an heirloom orchard planted in Amador around 1912, they still had name tags! The children of the original homesteaders, now grown, had kept tabs on the orchard. They carved the original variety names into aluminum rectangles (pop and beer cans with the tops and bottoms removed, then split open into rectangles). These they hung in the trees with a metal wire. Great recycling! Pioneers are like that!