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Post by benmnwi on Feb 14, 2024 21:55:06 GMT -6
I don’t know enough about cider making to comment on what makes a good cider apple, but I’m disappointed if it isn’t as good as advertised for cider. I was hoping to make cider at some point and I thought this would be great for that. Oh well, I have plenty of other varieties.
If it continues to have an extended drop time, it could be a good deer apple though. It definitely isn’t a fresh eating apple though.
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Post by Sandbur on Feb 15, 2024 5:23:42 GMT -6
I don’t know enough about cider making to comment on what makes a good cider apple, but I’m disappointed if it isn’t as good as advertised for cider. I was hoping to make cider at some point and I thought this would be great for that. Oh well, I have plenty of other varieties. If it continues to have an extended drop time, it could be a good deer apple though. It definitely isn’t a fresh eating apple though. I agree. I doubt I will ever make hard cider as there is too much work and chemistry involved. At first I was interested. I might topwork the Franklin into something else.
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Post by smsmith on Feb 15, 2024 7:12:59 GMT -6
I will probably keep my 2 Franklins for deer food. I find the scam that Mayo ran on all of us as borderline genius. He got a wild apple tree patented, sold the rights to propagate it, and apparently then sold his country store too. Another example of using the internet to get ahead I guess.
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Post by nhmountains on Feb 15, 2024 7:35:14 GMT -6
I will probably keep my 2 Franklins for deer food. I find the scam that Mayo ran on all of us as borderline genius. He got a wild apple tree patented, sold the rights to propagate it, and apparently then sold his country store too. Another example of using the internet to get ahead I guess. That’s why I started this thread way back in 2017. There’s thousands of late hanging wild deer apples out there that could be grafted as the next Franklin. He was able to get it hyped up on the deer forums. Then show that to Stark Bros and get them to market it. He did well. I’m not sure what it takes to enter the competitions he did win with the Franklin? Maybe there wasn’t that much competition?
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Post by smsmith on Feb 15, 2024 8:26:38 GMT -6
I will probably keep my 2 Franklins for deer food. I find the scam that Mayo ran on all of us as borderline genius. He got a wild apple tree patented, sold the rights to propagate it, and apparently then sold his country store too. Another example of using the internet to get ahead I guess. That’s why I started this thread way back in 2017. There’s thousands of late hanging wild deer apples out there that could be grafted as the next Franklin. He was able to get it hyped up on the deer forums. Then show that to Stark Bros and get them to market it. He did well. I’m not sure what it takes to enter the competitions he did win with the Franklin? Maybe there wasn’t that much competition? I don't know diddly about hard cider, and to be honest I'm not a fan of the stuff. I do like to have some sweet cider now and then, but I don't think Franklins would be good for that use. I held off on buying my two FC trees until 2019 when I saw them on sale at Stark Bros. I think I got them for $35/ea with free shipping. Today that doesn't sound bad, back them I remember thinking it was still too expensive. I had a handful of blossoms last year, but no fruit. Maybe once I taste them for myself I'll end up topworking them to something else.
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Post by Sandbur on Feb 15, 2024 14:21:35 GMT -6
That’s why I started this thread way back in 2017. There’s thousands of late hanging wild deer apples out there that could be grafted as the next Franklin. He was able to get it hyped up on the deer forums. Then show that to Stark Bros and get them to market it. He did well. I’m not sure what it takes to enter the competitions he did win with the Franklin? Maybe there wasn’t that much competition? I don't know diddly about hard cider, and to be honest I'm not a fan of the stuff. I do like to have some sweet cider now and then, but I don't think Franklins would be good for that use. I held off on buying my two FC trees until 2019 when I saw them on sale at Stark Bros. I think I got them for $35/ea with free shipping. Today that doesn't sound bad, back them I remember thinking it was still too expensive. I had a handful of blossoms last year, but no fruit. Maybe once I taste them for myself I'll end up topworking them to something else. my one tree was late hanging and still had some fruit when I was pruning it. For eating or for cider, I would plant a chestnut or Trailman instead. Or centennial.
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Post by smsmith on Feb 15, 2024 19:29:00 GMT -6
I don't know diddly about hard cider, and to be honest I'm not a fan of the stuff. I do like to have some sweet cider now and then, but I don't think Franklins would be good for that use. I held off on buying my two FC trees until 2019 when I saw them on sale at Stark Bros. I think I got them for $35/ea with free shipping. Today that doesn't sound bad, back them I remember thinking it was still too expensive. I had a handful of blossoms last year, but no fruit. Maybe once I taste them for myself I'll end up topworking them to something else. my one tree was late hanging and still had some fruit when I was pruning it. For eating or for cider, I would plant a chestnut or Trailman instead. Or centennial. From the reports I've heard, for eating or sweet cider, I could name several dozen better choices. I will have no shortage of fresh eating and sweet cider apples at some point in the relative near future (if summer rains ever return anyway), so leaving my two Franklins for the critters isn't a big deal I suppose. One other thing that strikes me about the F.C. trees is that their growth is very much crabapple like. A DNA study at some point would be interesting.
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