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Franklin
type: Culinary, Dessert
summary: Resembles the Red Delicious in shape but the taste favours the McIntosh.
identification: Medium tending to large. Conic. Red.
characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp and mildly aromatic. Keeps two months in cold storage.
origins: Developed at the Ohio Agriculture Research and Development Center, in Wooster, Ohio, (U.S.A.) from a cross of McIntosh with Stark Delicious . Introduced in 1937.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous.
vulnerabilities: Very susceptible to scab, susceptible to mildew and blight.
harvest: Ready for harvest starting in the middle of the fifth period.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 12
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
harvest period: 5
hardiness: 5
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