Bethel Grove Gardens · Variety reference
King
Biological type: San Pedro
Pollination: Unknown
Cutting reference$8.00
One-gallon reference$32.00
Reference estimates, not sale offers or mature-tree appraisals. Price evidence date not recorded.
No verified photograph yet
Fruit & growing traits
- Biological type
- San Pedro
- Crop habit
- Breba
- Main crop ripening
- Average
- Flavor profile
- Honey
- Fruit size
- Large
- Skin color
- Green-yellow
- Pulp color
- Strawberry
- Hardiness / climate notes
- PNW breba specialist
Reported growth habit: Unknown
Origins & names
- Geographic origin
- USA
- Possible origin
- USA (California)
- Synonyms / alternate names
- See Desert King
- Same or nearly the same
- Usually = Desert King in US trade.
- Popular close brother
- Desert King
- Known parentage
- See Desert King
- Reference year
- 1930
- First year (estimate)
- US Pacific selection, early–mid 20th c.
- What the year means
- San Pedro-class selection circulated as King / Desert King. Exact seedling year not formally published.
Evidence & reference values
- Confidence
- Trade synonym
- Key sources
- FigBoss; Condit
- Condit page
- 360
- Notes
- Condit type symbol Sp; described under this name or cross-referenced in the 1955 monograph.; excellent (Condit)
- Commonality
- Common
- Market availability
- Garden center
Imported catalog record; not individually reviewed. Separate names do not necessarily establish distinct genotypes.