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Milwa
type: Dessert
synonyms: Marketed as Diwa and Junami in Europe
identification: Medium size and round and flattened. Smooth skin. Background colour is greenish yellow over which are stripes of bright red. Slightly raised lenticels are abundant small and light coloured. The stem is short and thin, set in a medium wide and medium deep basin with some russeting.
characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured, firm, crisp, juicy with a sweet-tart, fruity and lightly spicy aroma.
uses: A fresh-eating supermarket variety intended for the European consumer.
origins: Developed in 1982 by Alfred Aeppli and Ueli Gremminger for the Forschungsanstalt Wädenswil (Switzerland) by crossing ( Idared x Maigold ) with pollen from Elstar . A total of 6,727 seedlings resulted from the initial crossing, and, of these, 1,102 were selected for further testing. The final choice—designated FAW 5878—was selected from these. It was named Milwa for its 2002 debut on the European market. The variety was created in order to provide an alternative apple that could be commercially grown in Switzerland and marketed in Europe.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright tree with fairly strong wood. Young trees tend to bear fruit by the third year. Needs to be thinned at fruit set.
cold storage: Will keep for more than a week at room temperature and three months in a cold-room, longer in commercial storage facilities.
harvest: Ready for harvest toward the end of the early in the fifth period. Best harvested in two stages about 10 days apart.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 12
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 12
harvest period: 5
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