Taxon ID: 3
Usage Facet: class=edible; edible_score=1.0; ornamental_score=0.0; inferred_from_taxon=yes
Relationships: 1 | Linked Entities (visible): 1 | Evidence claims: 3 | History events: 1 | Catalog issue offerings: 0
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Silvia is a prairie crabapple name preserved mainly as a cross reference, not as a fully described fruit. A prairie apple reference says SYLVIA was the original and official spelling, but common use shifted to Sylvia, and the Silvia entry redirects readers there. [S1] An earlier prairie orchard bulletin also lists Silvia among the crabapples in its variety index, which confirms that the name appeared in prairie fruit literature as a crabapple. [S2]
The surviving evidence here is mainly bibliographic and editorial, not descriptive. The cited source blocks for Silvia itself do not give fruit, season, tree habit, storage, or hardiness details. [S1] [S2] The main point is the naming history: the archive preserves a cultivar whose official spelling differed from common use, with Sylvia becoming the usual form. [S1]
Silvia should therefore be read as a name variant tied to Sylvia, not as a separately described cultivar with its own full profile. [S1] A low confidence breeding record suggests Silvia was later used as a parent in a cross with Melba, but that is descendant breeding use, not evidence of Silvia's own parentage. Because the packet contains no full narrative description under either spelling, the cultivar's fruit quality, origin, breeder, and prairie performance remain unresolved here. [S1] [S2]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from Edible Apples in Prairie Canada, with 2 additional supporting sources linked below.
Featured source descriptions
“The page states that SYLVIA was the original and official spelling, but common practice changed it to Sylvia.”
— [2]
“Listed under Crabapples in the page's 'List of Varieties Described.'”
— [3]
“This entry redirects to Sylvia.”
— [2]
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Related cultivars mentioned in source context
Zone assertions are structured rows. Hardiness claim text appears in evidence claims and page-linked citations.
| Zone Min | Zone Max | Zone Text | Assertion Type | Outcome | Location | Confidence |
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 109 | University of Saskatchewan fruit introductions 1959-1960 | unknown | 1 | 1 | 1 | n/a | Silvia x Melba; relationship: cross_parent; history: Silvia x Melba |
| 3 | Edible Apples in Prairie Canada | unknown | 2 | 0 | 0 | p65 | The page notes that SILVIA was the original and official spelling, but common practice now uses Sylvia.; Entry directs the reader from Silvia to Sylvia. |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | p65 | description_snippet | The page notes that SILVIA was the original and official spelling, but common practice now uses Sylvia. | Silvia (see Sylvia) | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p65 | description_snippet | Entry directs the reader from Silvia to Sylvia. | Silvia (see Sylvia) | page_block:0.90 |
| Year | Nursery | Catalog Issue | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|
| No catalog issue offerings linked. | |||
| Relation | Type | ID | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| cross_parent | cultivar | 112 | Melba |
| Type | Claim | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| description_snippet | The page notes that SILVIA was the original and official spelling, but common practice now uses Sylvia. | 0.97 |
| description_snippet | Entry directs the reader from Silvia to Sylvia. | 0.96 |
| breeding_cross | Silvia x Melba | 0.65 |
| ID | Type | Year | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 767 | cross_event | 1960 | Silvia x Melba |