Origin: in Whitesbog, N.J., by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Introd. in 1961. Early Black × Howes; cross made in 1930 by H.F. Bain, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture; selected by F.B. Chandler and I.E. Demoranville, Cranberry Sta., Massachusetts Agr. Expt. Sta., East Wareham; tested as Mass. 31 in East Wareham. Tree: uprights medium length; runners few and short; resistant to feeding by the leafhopper that spreads false blossom virus. Named in honor of H.J. Franklin (1883-1958), former head, East Wareham Cranberry Sta. Fruit: size medium with cup count 57-90; nearly round; skin red to very dark red; keeping quality good to excellent; yield greater than Early Black or Howes; fruit rot no more than Early Black or Howes; ripens early.
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