Applevariety
Silva
A dessert apple with white flesh and whitish-yellow skin, round-conical in shape, raised in 1945 and introduced in 1970; sweet, juicy and crisp. Picked in early August.
Origin · Alnarp Agricultural College, Sweden
Released 1970
Taste & texture
- Sweetness
- sweet
- Bite
- crisp
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Used for
- Dessert apple
Origin & family
Where Silva began
Recorded origin
Alnarp Agricultural College
Sweden
- Released
- 1970
Silva’s family
3 varieties · 2 recorded linksArrows follow parents → children
This variety
Silva
Alnarp Agricultural College, Sweden
Photo: National Fruit Collection, Brogdale · UK Open Government Licence v2.0
Melba → SilvaParent · Recorded
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Field notes
Photos
National Fruit Collection, BrogdaleUK Open Government Licence v2.0 Whole and cut, from the UK National Fruit Collection.