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8S-04-33
type: Dessert
synonyms: Marketed as Silken
summary: Commonly sold as Silken, this fresh-eating apple was developed in Canada at the turn of the millennium. Crisp and juicy with a pleasant sweet-tart flavour. Does well in market and farm-gate sales where it taste and textures are best appreciated.
identification: Medium size and round-oblong, slightly conic with faint ribbing and a barely discernible crown. Occasionally lopsided. White gold to ivory colour. There is typically some russetting in the stem basin, but this rarely extends out over the shoulder. The lenticels are small and green on immature fruit but barely visible once the apple is ripe. The stem is short, medium stout and set in a moderately deep, funnel shaped cavity. The calyx is small, closed and set in a shallow basin.
characteristics: The flesh is a translucent cream colour, firm, crisp and juicy. Sweet and moderately tart with good aromatics. Turns brown after an hour's exposure to air.
origins: Developed in 1982 by W.D. Lane and R.A. MacDonald at the Summerland Research Station (now called the Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre) in Summerland, British Columbia (Canada), by crossing Honeygold and Sunrise . Named Silken by Dr. H.A. Quamme in 1997 and released in 1999.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous and spreading tree that bears fruit on spurs. Precocious. Fruit tends to set abundantly at blossom and needs to be thinned for best size. Fruit drop at maturity is a problem. Slightly prone to sunburn. Good for market and farm-gate sales where its flavour and texture are most appreciated.
cold storage: Keeps up to two months in storage.
vulnerabilities: Highly susceptible to scab and rust, less so to mildew. Prone to bird damage.
harvest: Ready for harvest after the start of the third period. For the best quality, it can be harvested in several pickings over a 10-day period.
notes: Because of its colouring, the fruit is often picked under-ripe at a time when the flavours are not yet fully developed.
pollination group: B
pollination peak: 6
ploidism: Partially self fertile but produces best in proximity to a source of suitable pollen.
cold storage weeks: 12
brix: 14
harvest period: 3
hardiness: 5
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