McFarlin
Variety of Cranberry · Vaccinium macrocarpon
Hardy, late-ripening cultivar with large dark-red berries, parent of many bred varieties.
🇺🇸 USA 1874
Taste & characteristics
Taste
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Profile
- Parentage
- Wildselektion Massachusetts
- Breeder
- Charles McFarlin (South Carver, Massachusetts)
- Fruit weight
- 2 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Large, dark-red, well waxed berries with firm texture.
Growth
Massachusetts selection, later moved successfully to the West Coast (Oregon/Washington).
Yield
Moderate yield, late ripening; very winter-hardy.
Notes
Parent of Stevens and Pilgrim.
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