Matt, here I am following you on a thread talking about Stayman… Shocking. Yes Stayman does get very dark on the tree but I have more experience with Arkansas Black and it will live up to it’s name on the tree. From what I can tell they were both fairly widely planted in the early 20th century. To illustrate my point I have a photo somewhere of my grandfather’s general store in Wickenburg AZ (sometime in the 20’s) with the proud proprietor standing next to a display with Arkansas Black front and center. I’ve never seen or grown King David.
but the pictures I’ve seen it looks pretty black to me and I’ve read that Stark Bros. sold lots of them. Since they all purportedly have Winesap saplines maybe they both were just some dang ol’ Winesap.