Franklin Golden
AppleFranklin Golden
Origin / History
Franklin Golden is described in John A. Warder's American Pomology: Apples (1867). Warder's entry lists it under the name Hughes' American Golden Pippin.
Tree
The tree is thrifty and upright in habit. It is moderately productive.
Fruit
Size: Not described in source.
Form: Fruit oblong, cylindrical.
Stem: Stem long.
Cavity: Cavity medium, greenish.
Calyx: Eye long, closed.
Basin: Basin wide, shallow, finely plaited.
Skin: Surface smooth, yellow.
Dots: Dots distinct, gray, not numerous.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh yellow, tender, fine-grained, juicy. Flavor acid, rich. Quality very good.
Core and seeds: Core small, pyriform, regular, closed, clasping. Seeds plump, pointed.
Season
Season, mid-winter.
Uses
Use, table. A choice dessert fruit.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
A footnote to the entry states that Fall Butter, on page 617, belongs here.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)Franklin Golden.*
HUGHES' AMERICAN GOLDEN PIPPIN.
Tree thrifty, upright, moderately productive; Fruit oblong, cylindrical; Surface smooth, yellow; Dots distinct, gray, not numerous.
Basin wide, shallow, finely plaited; Eye long, closed.
Cavity medium, greenish; Stem long.
Core small, pyriform, regular, closed, clasping; Seeds plump, pointed; Flesh yellow, tender, fine-grained, juicy; Flavor acid, rich; Quality very good; Use, table; Season, mid-winter.
A choice dessert fruit.
- Fall Butter, on page 617, belongs here.