Firm, good flavour.
Sylvia cherry identification images
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USDA identification images for Sylvia
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
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We don't have any registered trees for this variety yet. If you have a Sylvia tree you can register it here.
Origins
- Species: Prunus avium - Sweet cherry
- Originates from: Summerland, British Columbia, Canada
- Introduced: 1988
- Developed by: Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Summerland
Identification
- Country of origin: Canada
- Period of origin: 1950 - 1999
- Fruit colour: Red - dark
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
- Popularity: Rarely grown
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Flesh colour: Dark red
- Alleles: 1
- Alleles: 4
- Developer: Summerland Research Station (PARC)
Using
- Picking season: Mid
- Keeping (of fruit): 1-3 days
- Flavour quality: Good
- Cropping: Good
- Fruit persistence: Normal ripening
- Food uses: Eating fresh
- Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators
Growing
- Gardening skill: Average
- Flowering group: 4
- Pollinating others: Average
- Vigour: Weak growing
- Bearing regularity: Regular
- Growth habit: Upright
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Cherry universal pollinator: No
- Cherry incompatibility group: 9
Climate
- Chill requirement: High-chill
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Climate suitability: Warm climates
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Average
- Fruit splitting: Some resistance
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Sylvia cherry trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (UK) United Kingdom
Sylvia cherry trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
No orchards have registered as growing this variety. If you grow this and want to register please go to our Orchard Registration form.