{"id":6580,"date":"2020-07-20T14:15:24","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T14:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seedsavers.willowdigital-1.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=6580"},"modified":"2026-06-17T09:58:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T09:58:39","slug":"franks-seedling","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/product\/franks-seedling\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank&#8217;s Seedling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Large attractive fruit primarily used for cooking. Looks great in the fruit-bowl. Sweetens to good eating flavour after some time in storage. May keep until January. A seedling originally planted by Frank Lamb (Father of Dr. Keith Lamb) in Clara, Co. Offaly.<\/p>\n<p>Use: Dual Purpose<br \/>\nFlowering: Late Season<br \/>\nPicking: Mid (September)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Suitable for Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES).<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Large attractive fruit primarily used for cooking. Looks great in the fruit-bowl. Sweetens to good eating flavour after some time in storage. May keep until January. A seedling originally planted by Frank Lamb (Father of Dr. Keith Lamb) in Clara, Co. Offaly. Use: Dual Purpose Flowering: Late Season Picking: Mid (September) &nbsp; Suitable for Agri-Climate  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6586,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[228,327,69,234,72,319,338,314],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-6580","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-acres-trees-4","product_cat-apple-trees-by-county","product_cat-irish-heritage-trees","product_cat-dual-purpose-acres-trees","product_cat-dual-purpose","product_cat-dual-purpose-potted","product_cat-offaly","product_cat-potted-irish-heritage-apple-trees","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-variable"],"group_of_quantity":0,"min_quantity":0,"max_quantity":"","exclude_order_quantity_value_rules":"no","exclude_category_quantity_rules":"no","combine_variations":"no","exclude_global_add_ons":[],"addons":[],"acf":[],"meta_data":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Frank&#039;s Seedling - Irish Seed Savers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Large attractive fruit primarily used for cooking. Looks great in the fruit-bowl. Sweetens to good eating flavour after some time in storage.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/product\/franks-seedling\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Frank&#039;s Seedling - Irish Seed Savers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Large attractive fruit primarily used for cooking. Looks great in the fruit-bowl. Sweetens to good eating flavour after some time in storage.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/product\/franks-seedling\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Irish Seed Savers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-17T09:58:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/FranksSdlg_-e1595254718387.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/product\\\/franks-seedling\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/product\\\/franks-seedling\\\/\",\"name\":\"Frank's Seedling - Irish Seed Savers\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/product\\\/franks-seedling\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/product\\\/franks-seedling\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/FranksSdlg_-e1595254718387.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-20T14:15:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-17T09:58:39+00:00\",\"description\":\"Large attractive fruit primarily used for cooking. Looks great in the fruit-bowl. Sweetens to good eating flavour after some time in storage.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/product\\\/franks-seedling\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/product\\\/franks-seedling\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/product\\\/franks-seedling\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/FranksSdlg_-e1595254718387.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/FranksSdlg_-e1595254718387.jpg\",\"width\":640,\"height\":640},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/product\\\/franks-seedling\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Shop\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Frank&#8217;s Seedling\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/\",\"name\":\"Irish Seed Savers\",\"description\":\"Irish Seed Savers, Scariff, Ireland are dedicated to the preservation of traditional native varieties of fruit and vegetables. Buy our seeds online. We maintain a seed bank, and distribute non-commercially available seed varieties.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Frank's Seedling - Irish Seed Savers","description":"Large attractive fruit primarily used for cooking. Looks great in the fruit-bowl. Sweetens to good eating flavour after some time in storage.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/product\/franks-seedling\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Frank's Seedling - Irish Seed Savers","og_description":"Large attractive fruit primarily used for cooking. Looks great in the fruit-bowl. Sweetens to good eating flavour after some time in storage.","og_url":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/product\/franks-seedling\/","og_site_name":"Irish Seed Savers","article_modified_time":"2026-06-17T09:58:39+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":640,"url":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/FranksSdlg_-e1595254718387.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/product\/franks-seedling\/","url":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/product\/franks-seedling\/","name":"Frank's Seedling - Irish Seed Savers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/product\/franks-seedling\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/product\/franks-seedling\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/FranksSdlg_-e1595254718387.jpg","datePublished":"2020-07-20T14:15:24+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-17T09:58:39+00:00","description":"Large attractive fruit primarily used for cooking. Looks great in the fruit-bowl. Sweetens to good eating flavour after some time in storage.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/product\/franks-seedling\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/product\/franks-seedling\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/product\/franks-seedling\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/FranksSdlg_-e1595254718387.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/FranksSdlg_-e1595254718387.jpg","width":640,"height":640},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/product\/franks-seedling\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Shop","item":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Frank&#8217;s Seedling"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/#website","url":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/","name":"Irish Seed Savers","description":"Irish Seed Savers, Scariff, Ireland are dedicated to the preservation of traditional native varieties of fruit and vegetables. Buy our seeds online. We maintain a seed bank, and distribute non-commercially available seed varieties.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"price_excl_tax":"30","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/6580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=6580"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=6580"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=6580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}