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David Karp (born 1958) is an active pomologist, traveler and writer, who calls himself a ''Fruit detective''. David is the son of Harvey Karp, a businessman, whose East Hampton home was reputed to be a palace.〔 He was fluent in Latin when he graduated from high school. At 20, while majoring in medieval art studies at Wesleyan University, he published a translation of the 6th-century Latin author Venantius Fortunatus.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Classics: David Karp – Willamette University )〕 After graduation, he started a career in risk arbitrage and option trading on Wall Street, has worked for gourmet specialty store ''Citarella'' and acted as a provisioner for Dean & DeLuca. Recovering from a serious drug addiction, he changed course and began a new career as a freelance fruit writer.〔〔(Willametta Classical Studies )〕 Karp moved to California in 1999.〔 == Writings == Karp's photographs and writings appear in his weekly column, Market Watch, at the ''Los Angeles Times'', and he has written articles for ''The New York Times'', ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''Gourmet'', ''Smithsonian'', ''Sunset'', ''Star-Ledger'' and ''Saveur'' publications.〔〔(The Splendid Table )〕 He has been a guest on the Saturday morning food show on radio station KCRW. When the threat of citrus greening first appeared in the U.S., Karp wrote in the ''New York Times'' to alert the public of the disease's risks.〔"(Deadly Pathogen Harms Florida Citrus Groves )"〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Karp (pomologist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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